Here is the story by Pam over here at The Roanoke Times on the funeral.

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In the late 1980s, when donations to his ministry dropped precipitously, Liberty University had racked up $73 million in debt and was on the brink of bankruptcy. Falwell’s “Old Time Gospel Hour” was $16 million in debt. But by 1997, an anonymous businessman had repaid creditors and staved off financial ruin.

Today, trustees say the university is on solid ground by any measure — enrollment or revenues — but critics wonder what shape his legacy will take in the future.

“The sentiment is Falwell Ministries … is going to do the same thing as Jerry: Focus on core, hot-button issues like abortion and gay rights,” said the Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “I think Liberty University could face trouble without him. It now has an accredited law school and a significant endowment that will allow it to stay around for a while. But without the figure of Jerry Falwell, it simply won’t be as attractive a place to go.”