![]() ![]() In 1952, aged seventeen, he married Frances Anderson. Jimmy began to preach on street corners and led congregations in singing, aged nine. ![]() His father was a deacon in their small fundamentalist church. Jimmy Swaggart's parents, Sun and Minnie Belle, had been fundamentalist Baptists. All were born within a year of one another. The three share the same middle names - though Gilley is actually "Leroy" - and play the piano. Swaggart is first cousin of recording artists Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. Jimmy Lee Swaggart (born March 15, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana) is a Pentecostal preacher and pioneer of televangelism who reached the height of his popularity in the 1980s. The Delta Music Museum in his native Ferriday puic|1=īirth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1935|3|15 Caption = Jimmy Swaggart as he appears on a poster at
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