To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. The Mystery Novelist Who Committed a Real Murder, Boston Marathon Bombings Survivors, 10 Years Later, A Complete Timeline of Adnan Syeds Trial, Release, The Siege at Waco, In the Words of Who Was There, Ted Bundy Maybe Murdered Dozens More than We Knew, How Waco Inspired Timothy McVeighs OKC Bombing. The stories that Jones told of his young life were more morality tales than biographical reflections. Sujit R. Varma, Other Works His overpowering religious zest turned off some, and he, in turn, disliked many typical teenage boy activities, such as sports, and objected what he believed to be sinful behavior, such as dancing or drinking. [39] Jones relocated to Richmond with his mother, where he continued his high school education. A total of 914 people died that day at Jonestown in a mass-suicide, including 276 children, although later investigation indicated a number of the people were murdered by shooting or by forced lethal injection. As the church grew, however, the sermons on equality and tolerance were belied by his own increasing demands for personal loyalty and obedience. In 1952, he became a student pastor in the Somerset Southside Methodist Church. James Thurman Jones: Birthdate: October 21, 1887: Birthplace: Indiana, United States: Death: May 29, 1951 (63) Lynn, Randolph County, Indiana, United States Immediate Family: Son of John Henry Jones and Mary Catherine Jones Husband of Lynetta Jones Father of Jim Jones Brother of Emma Estella Moore and Ina Platt. In 1972 Leo Ryan was elected to the United States Congress from Californias 11th District. He had become increasingly paranoid and disturbed by this time and soon moved to the Peoples Temple compound there with about 1,000 people. According to Jones and a childhood friend, Jones' father was associated with the Ku Klux Klan. Jones was getting richer and more popular.In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, Jones had a vision of apocalyptic destruction. The top result for your search is Thurman Le Jones living in Kinston, NC . Research blog about Jim Jones, cult leader, creator of Peoples Temple and infamous for the Jonestown massacre. It was like the real thing, but was all intended to be a joke. James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader, political activist, preacher, and faith healer who between 1955 and 1978 led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Jones grew up in poverty and was neglected by his family as a young child and often cared for by neighbors. The presenter, 44, is leaving the CBS . Failed to delete flower. Please try again later. However, he stated his work with the Rio de Janeiro slum areas and explored local Brazilian syncretic religions. Jones also claimed to be the father of Grace Stoen's son John Victor. He developed many unusual behaviors as a youth and became increasingly disliked by his community. This browser does not support getting your location. When Jones began attending school, his extended family threatened to cut off their financial assistance unless his mother took a job, forcing her to work outside the home. Jones chose the Ukiah Valley in northern California as the People's Temple's new home, after reading a January 1962 Esquire magazine article titled "Nine Places to Hide", which detailed the safest places to live after a nuclear war. He was the son of James Thurman Jones, a disabled World War I veteran, and Lynetta (Putnam) Jones, who worked a variety of jobs. He led the Peoples Temple, a doomsday cult, between 1955 and 1978. He claimed that he stole the Pentecostal pastor's Bible and put cow manure on Acts 2:38. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Jim Jones I found on Findagrave.com. This church was noted for its equal treatment of White and Black Americans, and preached racial equality and social justice. He got a job as a student pastor at the Somerset Methodist Church in a poor, predominantly white neighborhood in Indianapolis. His son, Stephen Gandhi Jones, who was not present in Jonestown that day, would later confirm his father's drug addiction. Search above to list available cemeteries. Always was alone. Thurman Jones - Address & Phone Number | Whitepages Thurman Jones We found 15 records for Thurman Jones in NC, CA and 12 other states. Try again later. An autopsy on Jones revealed that he had a level of the barbiturate pentobarbital that would have killed a normal person, thus indicating that he had built up a long-term habit to using the drug. Thanks for your help! By the early 1970s, Jones had expanded his recruitment efforts. Jones began his own religious quest around the age of 10. [8][9][10] In Lynn, the family attempted to earn an income through farming, but again met with failure when Jones's father's health further deteriorated. when he met German prisoners of war passing through their community en route to a detention facility. Bullshit! Escaping Nuclear Danger Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Their relatives purchased a shack for them to live in at the nearby town of Lynn. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. High Quality pictures of Jim Jones house in Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones and a parrot on a roof in Redwood Valley, Rare photo of Jim Jones in Redwood Valley. From The Palladium Item May 31, 1951. If you see something that doesnt look right, .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}contact us! Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Jim Jones (1452)? This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. This account has been disabled. His voice recorded during his final moments in the infamous death tape in the mass suicide of his cult followers is used in parts of the song "Jonestown" by Concrete Blonde. With his trademark dark glasses, suits and slicked-back black hair, Jones was an impressive figure at the pulpit. This is a carousel with slides. He was a good student and began to espouse radical political views after he began attending Indiana University. The next day, the entire community of 914 'followers' (including 276 children) drank a deadly potion of Fla-Vor Aid laced with cyanide poison. [52] In 1950, the couple unofficially adopted Marceline's nephew Ronnie, who moved into their home for four years. Jones was able to quote Bible passages from an early age. Siblings (all adoptive) Stephanie Jones (died in 1959); Suzanne Jones; Agnes Pauline Jones; Stephan Gandhi Jones; James Warren (Jimmie) Jones, Jr.; Timothy Glenn Tupper (Day) Jones; John Moss Brown Jones; Jim Jon (Kimo) Prokes; (?) As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? [45] He relocated to Bloomington, Indiana in November 1948, where he attended Indiana University Bloomington with the intention of becoming a doctor, but changed his mind shortly thereafter. He often felt the need to test Marceline's love and loyalty, and at times he used sadistic methods to do so. Weve updated the security on the site. He referred to them as his "rainbow family" and would later use the term in reference to his religious followers. Jones eventually relocated to Guyana in July 1977. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. [33], In 1942, the Kennedy family moved to Richmond, Indiana, for the summer and Jones visited them. He was a voracious reader as a child who studied men such as Adolf Hitler, Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Mahatma Gandhi and Mao Zedong, taking note of the strengths and weaknesses of each. In California, Jones had either reached the top or was playing the part. When James Thurman Jones was born on 21 October 1887, in Randolph, Indiana, United States, his father, John Henry Jones, was 39 and his mother, Mary Catherine Shank, was 24. [20] His mother claimed that she was disturbed when she caught him imitating the pastor of the local Apostolic Pentecostal Church and she unsuccessfully attempted to prevent him from attending the church's services. [27] Jones regularly used offensive profanity, commonly greeting his friends and neighbors by saying, "Good morning, you son of a bitch" or, "Hello, you dirty bastard". Jones took a job working as an orderly in a hospital where he met his future wife, Marceline. Due to his commitment for school activism, Jim was appointed to the San Francisco Housing Authority by Mayor George Mascone in 1976. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. By 1955 he had renamed it the People's Temple Full Gospel Church. He married Marceline after his first term on June 12, 1949. They were the parents of at least 1 son. Inspired by Father Divine [24], Jones developed an intense interest in religion and social doctrines. Pacifica, California [December 2008] He is a businessman in Northern California, married, with three . Jim Jones was born during the Great Depression. He was in Georgetown, Guyana on November 18, 1978 with the Jonestown Basketball Team. Try again later. Very soon after, Jones had begun making plans to move his congregation to the socialist nation of Guyana in South America. She is one of six people who died in Jonestown, Guyana prior to 11/18/1978. [30] One childhood acquaintance recalled that Jones gave the Nazi salute and shouted "Heil Hitler!" Jones took night classes at Butler University to continue his education, finally earning a degree in secondary education in 1961ten years after enrolling. There is no Heaven up there, so we're going to have to make Heaven down here. He asked himself, How can I demonstrate my Marxism? Why the change? The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. [54], Jones and his family faced harassment from government authorities for their affiliation with the Communist Party during 1952. After his parents split up, Jones and his mother moved to Richmond, Indiana. In Indianapolis, he served as a student pastor in the Methodist Church in 1952 but chose to found his own church, Peoples Temple, in 1956. Jones was largely left to himself as his mother was often working and his father had little interest in him. Cyanide and Valium were mixed into a batch of grape-flavored powdered drink mix to make a toxic punch, and cups of this lethal beverage were distributed to the members. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. There was a problem getting your location. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. [42] To support himself, Jones began working as an orderly at Richmond's Reid Hospital in 1946. Political pressures resulting from Jones' actions caused hospital officials to desegregate the wards. Meanwhile back at Jonestown, Jones launched what he called his "revolutionary suicide" campaign. He explained his suicide as a revolutionary act condemning the inhumane world. [21][22] In his early teenage years, Jones spent several months evangelizing in his community on behalf of the local Pentecostal church. As a child, Jim was heavily influenced by the works of Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi. Phyllis Wilmore, who dated him in high school, remembered a pep rally before a basketball game. After graduating early from high school in December 1948, Jones started at Indiana University the following January. In the 1950s, he became a preacher and founded a church in Indianapolis, Indiana, called the "Wings of Deliverance," which he later renamed the "Peoples Temple Full Gospel. This browser does not support getting your location. [43] Jones began dating a nurse-in-training named Marceline Baldwin while he was working at Reid Hospital. While working as a hospital orderly, Jones met Marceline Baldwin, a nursing student, and they married in 1949. I've got cutlasses I've got dynamite. Failed to delete flower. -- just outside of Lynn -- on May 13, 1931. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. In the 1950s, he became a preacher and founded a church in Indianapolis, Indiana, called the "Wings of Deliverance," which he later renamed the "Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church." [5], Although his strange religious practices stood out the most to his neighbors, they also reported that he misbehaved in more serious ways. When Jones was accidentally placed in the black ward of a hospital after a collapse in 1961, he refused to be moved; he began to make the beds and empty the bed pans of black patients. Childhood acquaintances of Jim Jones say that he was an odd child that was obsessed with religion and death. [13] As a result, Jones's parents were frequently absent during his childhood. James Thurman Jones 79, of Indianapolis, IN passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2006. After 45 minutes or so, the members were told that they were not going to die, that they had just passed a loyalty test. He was the only son of James Thurman Warren Jones Sr. (1887-1951) and Lynetta Putnam (1902-1977). After the mass suicide of his followers, Jones and a close aide shot themselves. [47][24], Jones and Marceline Baldwin continued their relationship while he attended college, and the couple married on June 12, 1949. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Infamous for leading the 1978 mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, where 918 members of his church, including 276 children were found dead by drinking cyanide laced punch, Jones is one of the prominent psychopaths in American history. He also claimed that at a Catholic church, he replaced the holy water with a cup of his own urine. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Thanks for your help! You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. The couple married in 1949 before moving to Indianapolis where Jones continued his education at Butler University and became a member of the Communist Party and began his ministry. James Thurman Jones. [31], Commenting on his childhood, Jones stated, "I was ready to kill by the end of the third grade. Cult Leader James Warren "Jim" Jones was born on May 13, 1931, in Crete, Indiana, and was responsible for the deaths of roughly 900 of his followers in 1978, in what became known as the Jonestown Massacre. Jones parents were James Thurman Jones, a veteran of the Great Warand victim of mustard gas who lived on disability payments, and the much younger Lynetta Jones, a feisty, independent woman who would eventually follow her son to Guyana. He was obsessed with death from childhood. The family often lacked adequate food and relied on financial support from their extended family. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. They lived in the remote, small towns of Ukiah and Redwood Valley. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. He used to hold funerals for small animals and had also stabbed a cat to death. 0 cemeteries found in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana, USA. The next time a childhood acquaintance, Max Knight, saw Jones in Indiana was many years later. Jones' parents were Lynetta Putnam and James Thurman Jones, who had served in World War I. He then moved to San Francisco's Fillmore district in 1965. The church soon became known as the Peoples Temple. He started integrating police stations, Hospitals, churches, restaurants, etc. Jims father, James Thurman Jones, died on May 29, 1951. Astrological Sign: Taurus. Mother of James Warren Jones. In 1960, he was appointed the Director of Human Rights Commission by Democratic Mayor Charles Boswell. Despite stories of beatings, murders and other cult practices, Jones was praised for setting up a racially mixed church that helped the disadvantaged and impoverished. John Victor Stoen He was later found on the floor of the Jonestown pavilion, the camp's main gathering area, with his wife Marceline, nurse Annie Moore, and other top group members. Jones' mother, Lynetta Jones, spent most of her time working outside the home. And infamous for the summer and Jones visited them kilometers of your location will be saved to photo! 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