Ruth (Unknown) Atkins (1904 - 1978)

Biography

Ruth was born in 1904. Born in Texas, she was a member of the Peoples Temple in San Francisco, California. She moved to Jonestown, Guyana in March 1977. She died in Jonestown, Guyana on 18 November 1978 when Jim Jones ordered the "revolutionary suicide" of Peoples Temple members. Her remains were found in 2014 in a mortuary in Delaware. She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). "Where were the people who died in Guyana buried?" from Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=87578

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-6D7Z : 13 December 2015), Ruth Atkins, 1978; Burial, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #37305315.
• Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
  • Death record
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLP9-QYS : 20 May 2014), Ruth Atkins, Nov 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).