Evergreen Oakland
by Sylviastel | created - 04 Sep 2012 | updated - 11 Mar 2021 | PublicThe men and women who were interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, Alameda County, California.
1. Earl 'Fatha' Hines
Soundtrack | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Pianist, composer ("Everything Depends on You"), conductor and author educated at Schenley High School and in private piano study. He accompanied singers and was pianist for several instrumental groups, eventually forming his own band in Chicago in 1928, which he conducted into 1948 when he joined ...
2. Johnny Fuller
Self | 1971 NFC Championship Game
3. Jesse Fuller
Soundtrack | The Great White Hope
Blues singer/musician Jesse Fuller was born in Jonesboro, GA, in 1896. He learned to play guitar as a youth, but didn't really embark on a career as a professional musician until he was in his 50s. In his 30s he drifted across the US and wound up in Los Angeles, where he got a succession of odd ...
4. Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Actor | Love Business
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins was born on August 9, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Love Business (1931), Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929) and A Tough Winter (1930). He was married to Frances. He died on July 26, 1980 in Oakland, California, USA.
Plot: Serenity A, Base 19, Row 3
5. Jim Jones
Self | People's Temple
Jim Jones was born during the Great Depression. He was the only son of James Thurman Warren Jones Sr. (1887-1951) and Lynetta Putnam (1902-1977). His father was an alcoholic Klansman and he claimed his mother was part Cherokee Indian. He spent most of his formative years in conservative rural ...
Plot: Garden Remembrance by the Mausoleum. The plot is the unclaimed bodies many of them children who died in Jonestown, Guyana. There are four plaques where the names of all those who died were remembered including Jim Jones despite the controversy.
6. Huey P. Newton
Self | Black Panthers
Huey P. Newton, the co-founder and inspirational leader of the Black Panther Party, was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on February 17, 1942. He was named after governor Huey P. Long. Newton's family moved to Oakland, California early in his childhood.
He attended Merritt College, earning an Associate of...
7. Jim Jones
Self | People's Temple
Jim Jones was born during the Great Depression. He was the only son of James Thurman Warren Jones Sr. (1887-1951) and Lynetta Putnam (1902-1977). His father was an alcoholic Klansman and he claimed his mother was part Cherokee Indian. He spent most of his formative years in conservative rural ...
The bodies of US citizens at the People's Temple compound were brought to Fort Dix in New Jersey for identification and contact of next of kin. Rev. Jones' body was sent to the NJ State Coroner's Office in Trenton after no next of kin could be found. Somewhere along the way, his "toe tag" was switched with that of an unidentified white male. Before the mistake could be corrected, his body was cremated and his ashes scattered anonymously and without ceremony into the Delaware River.
8. Laura Johnston Kohl
Self | Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
Laura Johnston Kohl was born on October 22, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was married to Kohl. She died on November 19, 2019 in San Marcos, California, USA.
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