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Warren Falwell
Martha Catherine Bell Falwell and Charles William Falwell, the parents of Warren Fallwell
Left to Right: Rosser, Warren, Blanche, and Carey Falwell. The two younger children, Garland and Carl, had not been born yet.
4 LYNCH’S FERRY
C. Warren
Falwell
Entrepreneur and Family Man
BY EDNA “PEE WEE” FALWELL TWIDDY
My father, C. Warren Falwell, was a gifted entrepreneur and a dedicated family man whose work life and home life were happily intertwined. Growing up, my brothers spent a great deal of time with him, often acting as “little helpers” in his various businesses—experiences that would influence their later lives. Many of my most cherished childhood memories, too, are connected to my father’s ventures.
MCeadow View Farm
harles Warren Falwell Jr.1, son of Charles “Charlie” William Falwell and Martha Catherine “Sis” Bell Falwell, was born on his parents’ dairy and vegetable farm, Meadow View, in Campbell County, Virginia,
on November 19, 1897. He was the third child. The Falwells had six children—Carey H., Blanche, C. Warren, C. Rosser, Garland W., and Carl D.— only five of whom survived. Rosser was just a toddler when he died owing to a tragic wood-stove accident. Warren, who was about seven years old at the time, recalled the awful incident for the rest of his life.
Warren was almost seventeen years old when his mother passed away in 1914 after a long illness with cancer. His only sister, Blanche, not yet nineteen, took on the role of surrogate mother to seven-year-old Garland and three-year-old Carl. Warren and twenty-year-old Carey also helped to care for their younger brothers and run the household while tending to chores around the farm. Their father had his hands full, running his dairy and vegetable farm and providing for them.
Warren often helped his father by delivering milk to customers in Lynchburg. While doing so, he passed right by the home of Etta Tanner. Her family had a small dairy and vegetable farm about a mile from Meadow View. Apparently, Warren started stopping by when he saw Etta in her yard, and those friendly visits
1 As you can see, Charles Warren Falwell Jr. was not a junior at all. Judge Overbey, Warren’s lawyer, suggested the “Jr.” to distinguish him from his father, Charles Wm. Falwell, because both had a lot of deeded property. In my opinion, he should have advised them to use their full names.