[2], Carolyn Louise Moore was born in Sacramento on July 13, 1945. Given Names : Jim Jon (Kimo) AKA's : Layton, Kimo. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Jim Jones in White Knight, Chloe Grace Moretz to co-star . In what he called "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Sugartown Publishing, 2018. Verify and try again. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. He also had the habit of refusing to respond to anyone who spoke to him first and only engaged in conversations when he started them. By the early 1970s, Jones began deriding traditional Christianity as "fly away religion", rejecting the Bible as being a tool to oppress women and non-whites. [86] In 1961, Jones suffered a collapse and was hospitalized. [229], Later the same day, November 18, 1978, Jones received word that his security guards failed to kill all of Ryan's party. [6], His father's illness led to financial difficulties, which in turn resulted in intense marital problems between Jones's parents. [49], Around this time in 1953, Jones visited a Pentecostal Latter Rain convention in Columbus, Indiana, where a woman prophesied that Jones was a prophet with a great ministry. Information Detail; Birthday: May 13, 1931: Died on: November 18, 1978: Nationality: American: Famous: Miscellaneous, Cult . [179][180] This also comported with the Temple's practice of gradually subjecting its followers to sophisticated mind control and behavior modification techniques borrowed from Kim Il-sung's Korea and Mao Zedong's China. [128] Marceline admitted in a 1977 New York Times interview that Jones was trying to promote Marxism in the U.S. by mobilizing people through religion. I mean, I was so aggressive and hostile, I was ready to kill. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. The recording became known as the "Death Tape". Some records say birthdate is 1/30/1975. Carolyn Louise Moore Layton was a leadership figure within Peoples Temple and a long-term partner of Temple leader Jim Jones. [54][58], Believing that the racially integrated and rapidly growing Latter Rain movement offered him a greater opportunity to become a preacher, Jones successfully convinced his wife to leave the Methodist church and join the Pentecostals. [163][164], By the summer of 1974, land and supplies were purchased in Guyana. [93] In 1961, they became the first white couple in Indiana to adopt a black child, naming him Jim Jones Jr. (or James W. Jones Jr.). In 1954 the Joneses adopted their first child, Agnes, who was part Native American. She was the adopted daughter of Rev. and giving the Nazi salute to German prisoners of war who were travelling through their town on their way to a detention facility. [8] The couple married in the summer of 1967. Following a period of negative media publicity and reports of abuse at Peoples Temple, Jones ordered the construction of the Jonestown commune in Guyana in 1974 and convinced or compelled many of his followers to live there with him. [198] Mayor Moscone's office issued a press release saying Jones had broken no laws. Deborah Layton was born on February 7, 1953 in Tooele, Utah, USA. However, Layton noted that Jones did not rely on the same diet as his followers. Add to your scrapbook. Learn more about merges. leader, Jim Jones. First Lady Rosalynn Carter met with Jones on multiple occasions, corresponded with him about Cuba, and spoke with him at the grand opening of the San Francisco headquarterswhere he received louder applause than she did. [7], It was one of these girlfriends who introduced Carolyn to Larry Layton, a fellow student and conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. [117][116][118], Jones taught that "those who remained drugged with the opiate of religion had to be brought to enlightenment", which he defined as socialism. He eventually moved the Temple's headquarters to San Francisco, which was a major center for radical protest movements. In 1946, the family moved to Youngstown, Ohio, where John was pastor of Himrod Avenue Baptist Church. Although individuals and groups had provided tips to the FBI about Peoples Temple, no investigation was made before the massacre. [42][24], Jones and Baldwin continued their relationship while he attended college, and the couple married on June 12, 1949. By the end of 1961, Indianapolis was a far more racially integrated city, and "Jim Jones was almost entirely responsible. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Jim's lifetime. Search above to list available cemeteries. For I can never leave. It was part mass murder, part mass suicide, and completely tragic for everyone involved. Share what Jim did for a living or if he had a career or profession. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Gender : Male. The following fall, she began her education at UC Davis. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Jim Jon Kimo Prokes I found on Findagrave.com. "[127] In a 1976 interview, Jones claimed to be an agnostic and/or an atheist. Jones complained of high blood pressure that he had had since the early 1950s, small strokes, weight loss of 30 to 40 pounds in the last two weeks of Jonestown, temporary blindness, convulsions, and in late October to early November 1978 while he was ill in his cabin, grotesque swelling of the extremities. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. James Warren Jones", "Followership in Peoples Temple: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", "Jonestown Autopsies: Carolyn Moore Layton", "Q042 Transcript, by Fielding M. McGehee III", "Jones plotted cyanide deaths years before Jonestown", "The Forensic Investigation of Jonestown Conducted by Dr. Leslie Mootoo: A Critical Analysis", "Jonestown Death Ritual Described by Survivor", "Jonestown and City Hall slayings eerily linked in time and memory", "Outside the Lines: Grandson of Jonestown founder is making a name for himself", "Guyana InquestInterviews of Cecil Roberts & Cyril Mootoo", "November 18 1978 Letter from Marceline Jone", "Parent Church is Chagrined by Evolution of Jones's Cult", Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. She also taught in Jonestown's high school. Of these victims, the most [127] Jeff Guinn said, "It is impossible to know whether Jones gradually came to think he was God's earthly vessel, or whether he came to that convenient conclusion to enhance his authority over his followers. On November 18, 1978, 909 You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Jones created his own baptismal formula, baptizing his converts "in the holy name of Socialism". Jones commented that Newton only "missed his luxurious apartment and his favorite bars in Oakland". One drill, in September 1977, lasted for six days. Jones died on 18 November 1978. The drills served to keep the members of Jonestown fearful of venturing outside of the commune. [73][125], Publicly, Jones took care to always couch his socialist views in religious terms, such as "apostolic social justice". Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office . [171] Once they arrived in Jonestown, Jones prevented members from leaving the settlement. Bacterial pneumonia had completely destroyed his lungs within a matter of days. While visiting Goodlett's business contacts and touring schools and other facilities, Jones was annoyed that President Fidel Castro had not consented to see him, and remarked that Castro had to be living better than the people. His son Stephan speculated that his father may have directed someone else to shoot him. Learn more about managing a memorial . "[201] "The Box" was a punishment devised by Jones involving a 6-by-4-by-3-foot (1.83 m 1.22 m 0.91 m) plywood coffin-shaped box in which a person was confined and held underground while they were constantly berated and reprimanded for their perceived slights against the cult. [230] The Temple had received monthly half-pound shipments of cyanide since 1976 after Jones obtained a jeweler's license to buy the chemical, purportedly to clean gold. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Disciples of Christ found Peoples Temple to be "an exemplary Christian ministry overcoming human differences and dedicated to human services. In 1979, by the time he was merely 4 years old, on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. [81], In the immediate aftermath, rumors arose that surviving members of Peoples Temple in San Francisco were organizing hit squads to target critics and enemies of the church. In contrast to his peers, Jones was known to dress in his Sunday church clothes every day of the week. [74] "Living the Acts of the Apostles" was his euphemism for living a communal lifestyle. [111] Jones used his position to recruit for Peoples Temple, teaching his students the benefits of Marxism and lecturing on religion. After being "healed" the person would pretend to cough up their tumor, which was actually a chicken gizzard. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Jim Prokes (31101188)? After a period of reflection, some admitted they had been tricked by Jones. [242][237] Furthermore, in a 2007 interview with forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael H. 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