Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Tammy Faye Bakker (March 7, 1942- ) is the former wife of televangelist Jim Bakker. They were married from 1961 to 1992. She was born Tamara Faye LaValley in International Falls, Minnesota. She is best known for both her tendency to wear too much mascara and the infidelity and fraud of her former husband. She has since remarried Roe Messner (since 1993) and goes by Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.