[24], Commenting on his childhood, Jones stated,.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, "I was ready to kill by the end of the third grade. [112] Jones planted loyal members of Peoples Temple in the classes to help him with recruitment. He was admitted to the hospital on a Tuesday night and died at 1:21 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 1990. In 1964, Jones joined and was ordained a minister by the Disciples of Christ; his attraction to the Disciples was largely due to the autonomy and tolerance they granted to differing views within their denomination. [103], Unable to find a location he deemed suitable for Peoples Temple, Jones became plagued by guilt for abandoning the civil rights struggle in Indiana. After being "healed" the person would pretend to cough up their tumor, which was actually a chicken gizzard. Below are the following member's of the People's Temple of Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Margaret Prokes. Birth. He was fascinated by their pomp, their cohesion, and Hitler's total power. At the end of the event, he began attacking and condemning Baptist teachings and encouraging the members to abandon their church and join him. [187] Jones ordered the child to be taken to Guyana in February 1977 to avoid a custody dispute with Grace. Jonestown Massacre Victims. This browser does not support getting your location. [4], Throughout her school years, Carolyn was a high achiever with an active social life. Select the next to any field to update. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Tim's. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jim Jon Prokes. the United States: Autopsyfiles.org for all of your celebrity autopsy reports, : ). Some very weak and elderly members received one egg per day." The 59-year-old, Jim Jones' son Stephan Jones has gone through a lot after the mass massacre in Jonestown led by his father, Late Jim Jones on Nov. 18, 1978. She was working as a student teacher at Vacaville High School during the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Carolyn was shocked when her students started cheering at the news.[4]. [82] The mayor and other commissioners asked him to curtail his public actions, but he refused. As we passed through the line, we were given a small glass of red liquid to drink. [160] In October, the group voted unanimously to set up an agricultural commune in Guyana. The Jonestown basketball team was away at a game and survived. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Weve updated the security on the site. Jones compared this schedule to the North Korean system of eight hours of daily work followed by eight hours of study. 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. Jim Jones. notable was, United States Congressman, Leo Ryan, who is the The identity of that enemy changed over time from the Ku Klux Klan, to Nazis, to redneck vigilantes, and finally the American government. and her nephew, Kimo Layton also known as Jim Jon Prokes (born January 31, 1975 in Oakland, California) in Jonestown, Guyana on November 18, 1978. . Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. [17] Jones developed a desire to become a preacher as a child and he began to practice preaching in private. Jonestown had about 50 settlers at the start of 1977 who were expanding the commune, but it was not ready to handle a large influx of settlers. YouTube. [84] When swastikas were painted on the homes of two black families, Jones walked through the neighborhood, comforted the local black community and counseled white families not to move. Whole families (women and children included) died - more than 900 people in all. Share memories and family stories, photos, or ask questions. I get the chance to remember the Share yesterday to connect today & preserve tomorrow, Copyright 1999-2023 AncientFaces, Inc. All Rights Reserved, ADVERTISEMENT [74] Jones eventually separated from the Latter Rain movement following a bitter disagreement with Branham in which Jones prophesied Branham's death. [36] Jones moved to Richmond, Indiana with his mother, where he graduated from Richmond High School in December 1948 early and with honors. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. She worked for the summer as an elevator operator in San Francisco. If you see me as your God, I'll be your God. [148], Jones began to receive negative press beginning in October 1971 when reporters covered one of Jones's divine healing services during a visit to his old church in Indianapolis. and giving the Nazi salute to German prisoners of war who were travelling through their town on their way to a detention facility. Jones' mother was urged to control his behaviour by many individuals in Lynn, but she refused. [157] Jones became convinced he was losing control and needed to relocate Peoples Temple to escape the mounting threats and allegations. In 1978, she was observed shooting him up with a substance he claimed was Vitamin B-12. [24], Further attacking traditional Christianity, Jones authored and circulated a tract entitled "The Letter Killeth", criticizing the King James Bible, and dismissing King James as a slave owner and a capitalist who was responsible for the corrupt translation of scripture. Members who joined Peoples Temple turned over all their assets to the church in exchange for free room and board. [155] Reports of Case's activity reached Jones, who became increasingly paranoid that the authorities were after him. /* 728x90, AF */ Prokes family member is 75. Who is Jim Prokes to you? [236] According to Rhodes, after ingesting the poison, people were taken down a wooden walkway that led outside the pavilion. Sorry! 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. [172] Entertaining movies from Georgetown that the settlers had watched were mostly cancelled in favor of Soviet propaganda shorts and documentaries on American social problems. google_ad_width = 728; [232] And in May 1978, a Temple doctor wrote a memo to Jones asking permission to test cyanide on Jonestown's pigs, as their metabolism was close to that of human beings. His sermons generally lasted for several hours; most of the community was sleep deprived. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? -. In 1955, they assigned a new pastor to the Laurel Street Tabernacle who enforced their denominational ban on healing revivals. We were told that the liquid contained poison and that we would die within 45 minutes. [63], Branham was known to tell attendees their name, address, and why they came for prayer, before pronouncing them healed. [75], Through the Latter Rain movement, Jones became aware of Father Divine, an African American spiritual leader of the International Peace Mission movement who was often derided by Pentecostal ministers for his claims to divinity. Jones held a faith healing revival meeting wherein he impressed the crowd by claiming to heal a man of cancer; his followers later admitted to helping him stage the "healing". [106], Jones arrived in December 1963 to find Peoples Temple bitterly divided. PROKES, Jim Jon (Kimo) Photos Courtesy of California Historical Society, MSP 3800 . [34] Jones was a good student who enjoyed debating with his teachers. michael prokes was a television reporter in modesto, california, on the day in 1972 when he cracked open the phone book to dial jim jones at his house in redwood valley. Jones died from a gunshot wound to the head- it is suspected his death was a suicide. Jones commented that Newton only "missed his luxurious apartment and his favorite bars in Oakland". 2 birth, 36 death, 15 marriage, 4 divorce, View Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. [249] President Carter and the First Lady sought to minimize their connections to Jones. On at least two occasions during White Nights, after a "revolutionary suicide" vote was reached, a simulated mass suicide was rehearsed. This account has been disabled. The stories reported on Jones's claims of divinity and exposed purported miracles as a hoax. Annie and another lover and aide of Jones', Maria Katsaris, also shared their quarters, as did Kimo and John Victor Stoen a child Jones claimed to have fathered with a former Temple member, Grace. Verify and try again. His mother, Carolyn, and maternal Aunt, Ann Elizabeth Moore, were interred in Davis Cemetery in California. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. In June 1955, Jones held his first joint meetings with William Branham, a healing evangelist and Pentecostal leader in the global Healing Revival. Ruletta Paul and her one-year-old child were the first to consume the poison, according to escaped Temple member Odell Rhodes. Jones began dating a nurse-in-training named Marceline Baldwin while he was working at Reid Hospital. The child's mouth was filled with poison using a syringe without a needle, and Paul then injected more poison into her own mouth. [24][40], Jones moved 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. Search above to list available cemeteries. [35] At times, he would even interrupt other young people's events and insist that they read the Bible with him.[35]. Her period of absence was explained as the result of an imprisonment in Mexico while on a secret mission for the Temple. She and her husband left the People's Temple in 1973 and were outspoken opponents of the temple's treatment of it's members. [243] The FBI later recovered the 45-minute audio recording of the mass poisoning in progress. Jim Jon Prokes was born on January 31, 1975 in Oakland, Alameda County, California United States, and died at age 3 years old on November 18, 1978 in Guyana. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. The recording became known as the "Death Tape". We have set your language to Those who refused to drink were injected with cyanide via syringe. At the end of the tape, Jones concludes, "We didn't commit suicide; we committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world. [18] When Jones returned to Lynn in the fall, he upset his neighbourhood by explaining sexual reproduction in detail to young children. 1956 - 1978. [77], Divine served as another important influence on the development of Jones's ministry. Try again later. [114], Explaining the nature of sin, Jones stated, "If you're born in capitalist America, racist America, fascist America, then you're born in sin. Jim Jones was an American cult leader. Share highlights of Jim's life. She was the mother of a child by Jones, Jim Jon "Kimo" Prokes. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Figure within the Peoples Temple (19451978), assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, "John V. 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She is survived by two children. Carolyn was born on July 13 1945, in Sacramento California. [113], In 1968, the Peoples Temple's California location was admitted to the Disciples of Christ. [70][59], Jones adopted one of the Latter Rain's key doctrines which he continued to promote for the rest of his life: the Manifested Sons of God. Diego State University. [104] Jones demanded the Peoples Temple send all its revenue to him in South America to support his efforts and the church went into debt to support his mission. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. [221] Ryan and his delegation managed to take along 15 Temple members who expressed a desire to leave,[222] and Jones made no attempt to prevent their departure at that time. Temple defector Deborah Layton described the event in an affidavit: Everyone, including the children, was told to line up. Carolyn found a job as a physical education and social studies teacher at Potter Valley High School. Death. [15][16] As Jones grew older, he attended services at most of the churches in Lynn, often going to multiple churches each week, and he was baptized in several of them. Circle and one of his closest [1] Her father, John V Moore (19192019), was a Methodist minister and a conscientious objector during WWII. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. [251] The autopsy showed high levels of the barbiturate pentobarbital in Jones' body, which may have been lethal to humans who had not developed physiological tolerance. doctor for the Peoples Temple. [198] Mayor Moscone's office issued a press release saying Jones had broken no laws. [212] According to Teri Buford O'Shea, one of the few escapees from Jonestown, sleep deprivation was one of the most effective methods of controlling Jones's followers. "And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple". [167], Jones left Ijames to oversee Jonestown while he returned to the United States to continue his efforts to combat the negative press. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. administrators of Peoples Temple, both as a result of knife wounds. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. [51][53], In the summer of 1952, Jones was hired as student pastor to the children at the Sommerset Southside Methodist Church,[46] where he launched a project to create a playground that would be open to children of all races. Recordings of commune meetings show how livid and frustrated Jones would get when anyone did not understand or find interesting the message Jones was placing upon them. [24] One Jones biographer suggested that he developed his unusual interests because he found it difficult to make friends. [74] "Living the Acts of the Apostles" was his euphemism for living a communal lifestyle. [15], Carolyn divided her time between Jonestown and the Temple's headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, often working as a shortwave radio operator. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. We share yesterday, to build meaningful connections today, and preserve for tomorrow. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. [48], In 1951, the 20-year-old Jones began attending gatherings of the Communist Party USA in Indianapolis. She died of colon cancer. [82] Jones ignored Boswell's advice to keep a low profile, however, and he used the position to secure new outlets for his views on local radio and television programs. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Resend Activation Email. included People's Temple member, Sharon Amos and her Bacterial pneumonia had completely destroyed his lungs within a matter of days. Over the following two months, over a thousand of his followers joined him there, including Carolyn. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. [12], In 1972, Carolyn's youngest sister, Annie, visited the Temple and was convinced to stay. [98], Jones made a stop in Georgetown, Guyana on his way to Brazil. [74] He frequently prophesied that fires, car accidents, and death or injury would come upon anyone unfaithful to him and his teachings. [136] By 1970, the Temple opened branches in several cities including San Fernando, San Francisco, and Los Angeles as Jones began shifting his focus to major cities across California because of limited expansion opportunities in Ukiah. You can always change this later in your Account settings. [144] Harvey Milk spoke to audiences during political rallies held at the Temple,[145] and he wrote to Jones after one such visit: Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. He constantly pressed his followers to be aggressive in promoting and fulfilling his beliefs. Carolyn appeared to be a happy child, making friends at school and church. On Nov. 18, 1978, Jim Jones directed his followers to kill a U.S. congressman and numerous journalists who had come to Jonestown. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Jim Prokes (31101188)? to Guyana handling the financial Experiences, organizations, & how he spent his time. [43] Marceline was Methodist, and she and Jones immediately fell into arguments about church. In May 1977, Jones and about 600 of his followers arrived in Jonestown; about 400 more followed in the subsequent months. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. [76] Jones was careful to explain that his visit to the Peace Mission was so he could "give an authentic, unbiased, and objective statement" about its activities to his fellow Pentecostal ministers. [6] He tried to augment his income by occasionally working on neighbourhood road repair projects because the military pension he earned due to his wounds was insufficient to support his family. Jones increasingly promoted the idea of his own divinity, going so far as to tell his congregation that "I am come as God Socialist. For I can never leave. Jim Jon Prokes. [4], In 1974, Carolyn asked her parents if she could live with them in Berkeley for a few months; she was pregnant with Jones' child. Half Siblings. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. [86] Nevertheless, the publicity which was generated by Jones's activities attracted a larger congregation. Oops, something didn't work. Where was Jim born and where did he live? [261] Numerous documentaries, films, books, poetry, music, and art have covered or been inspired by the events of Jonestown.

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