Last
Name |
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CARTMELL |
Given Names |
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Walter Clayton |
AKA's |
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Better known as |
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Date of
Birth |
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5/15/1928 |
Age at Death |
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50 |
Place
of Birth |
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Van Lear, Kentucky |
Race |
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Caucasian |
Gender |
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Male |
Religion |
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Family Tree |
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Cartmell Family Tree | ;
Birth
Mother |
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Birth Father |
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Siblings |
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Partner |
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Patricia Ann Cartmell aka Patty Cartmell |
Children |
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Patricia Pauline Cartmell aka Trisha Cartmell; Michael Bryce Cartmell; Tyrone James Cartmell aka Tyrinia Tyrone Williams (adoptive) |
Non-Temple Relatives |
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Body Identification Number |
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Burial Location |
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Cremated; cremains scattered at sea |
Source
of Death Information |
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House Foreign Affairs Committee report; FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78) |
Entry
into Guyana |
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3/29/1977 |
Residence (US) |
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Redwood Valley, California 95470 |
Residence (JT) |
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Cottage 26 |
Occupation in U.S./Skills, Talents & Interests |
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carpenter (RYMUR 89-4286-X-5-a-26e); construction, sawyer, landscaping (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1k); screen room attendant, farm (Maaga); Plumbing, house remodeling, bakery, Masonite Corp., janitorial, cement worker, timer, truck driver, saw mill, cabinet maker, car mechanic, forklift operator (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1bb) |
Occupation in Jonestown (Temple Records) |
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Construction – Carpenter (RYMUR 89-4286-X-4-l-4b); Large Animals (RYMUR 89-4286-PP-8-M-2); Piggery (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1bb) |
Jonestown Roles (FBI Records) |
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Government Income |
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Discrepancies |
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Remembrances |
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“Walter Cartmell was the husband of Patty Cartmell, a senior and highly respected staff member who had been with Peoples Temple for years and kept the church going while Jim and his family were in Brazil in 1963 for a year. Walter was a man of few words and subdued intensity, with a steely calm that brought to mind "men of hickory"--tough, unbreakable, resourceful. He was the first person I remember meeting from Kentucky, very handy, a straight talker and hard worker. In Jonestown, he worked as a carpenter in the wood shop (with his daughter, Tricia), and also in the piggery. Edith Roller's journals disclose that he was also in the remedial reading class in Jonestown.
Walter had another talent, I've just learned: He could intimidate Jim's dreaded monkey, Leon (who bit people) and make him run and hide in the farthest recesses of his cage. ” - Kathryn Barbour |
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