COOK, Mary Ella

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Last Name
 
COOK
Given Names
 
Mary Ella
AKA's
 
Better known as
 
Date of Birth
 
1/26/1914
Age at Death
 
64
Place of Birth
 
Pleasureville, Missouri
Race
 
Black
Gender
 
Female
Religion
 
Family Tree
 
Birth Mother
 
Birth Father
 
Siblings
 
Partner
 
Children
 
Non-Temple Relatives
 
Body Identification Number
 
Burial Location
 
Remains claimed by next of kin; burial location unknown
Source of Death Information
 
House Foreign Affairs Committee report; FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78)
Entry into Guyana
 
8/15/1977
Residence (US)
 
Los Angeles, California 90006
Residence (JT)
 
Dorm 5
Occupation in U.S./Skills, Talents & Interests
 
Seamstress (RYMUR 89-4286-X-5-a-26f)
Occupation in Jonestown (Temple Records)
 
(senior)
Jonestown Roles (FBI Records)
 
Government Income
 
Discrepancies
 
Remembrances
 
“Mary Cook had no relatives at Jonestown, and no responsibilities other than to be a senior. I recognize her face, though, and she surely was one of the ladies who waited for our buses in the Los Angeles Temple kitchen, and dished up bowls of hot oatmeal, well flavored with brown sugar and milk. I never asked her name, then. I sure looked forward to that breakfast, and was glad to get it after the overnight bus trip. It would take me 24 hours to get used to the LA air, which back in the seventies caused headaches and a kind of sensory numbness, before emission controls were adopted. I always wondered how the natives of LA managed to be so energetic! RIP, Mary Cook, you are so beautiful, may all who knew and mourn you be at peace knowing you are with the angels now, and smiling down on us. ” - Kathryn Barbour