Cindy Lyn Cordell (1959 - 1978)

Born 8 Dec 1959 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Nov 1978 at age 18 in Jonestown, Barima-Waini, Guyana

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Biography

Cindy was born in 1959. She was the daughter of Living Cordell and Loretta Coomer. Her family moved to Jonestown, Guyana in August 1977. She died there with her mother, siblings, and many extended family members on 18 November 1978 when Jim Jones ordered the "revolutionary suicide" of Peoples Temple members. Her body was unclaimed and 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

• Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
  • Death Record
  • Cordell Family Tree
  • Edith Cordell and the Cordell Family Legacy by Don Cordell
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2020), memorial page for Cindy Lyn Cordell (8 Dec 1959–18 Nov 1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #30891902, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA ; Maintained by Natalia Danesi (contributor 46834833) .
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9YZ-6N1 : 22 July 2020), Cindy Cordell, Nov 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).