{"id":17034,"date":"2013-03-09T21:57:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=16938"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:21:43","slug":"splash_fortson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=17034","title":{"rendered":"Reflections and Articles <br>by Prophet\/Pastor Hue Fortson, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/60_fortson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/60_fortson_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Hue Fortson<\/strong> was the Associate Pastor of Peoples Temple in Los Angeles at the time of the deaths in Guyana.  He was most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4qAplEv3VM&#038;feature=youtu.be\">interviewed<\/a> in September 2019 for <a href=\"https:\/\/military-response-to-jonestown.sdsu.edu\">the Military Response to Jonestown website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Rev. Fortson lives with his wife Linda and their children in Victorville, California. He may be reached at <a href=\"mailto:afather88@gmail.com\">afather88@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=111122\">Losing Anger<\/a> (2021) <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=108252\">Rhonda Denise Fortson: Pouring Everything Into Life<\/a> (2021)  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81308\">On losing anger<\/a>\u00a0(2018) <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=64567\">My Final Trip to Guyana<\/a>\u00a0(2015)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=40168\">A Life, Turned Around<\/a>\u00a0(2013)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=34257\">My life in the San Francisco Temple during the Jonestown era<\/a>\u00a0(2012)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=29291\">Closing Prayer at May 29, 2011 Jonestown Memorial Dedication Service<\/a> (2011)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=29290\">Lost and Found<\/a> (2011)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31376\">Saved by His Grace<\/a> (2008)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=16995\">A Jonestown story<\/a> (2004)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Among the interviews and profiles of Rev. Fortson:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4qAplEv3VM\">Peoples Temple, Jonestown &#038; After: A Discussion with Hue Fortson, Jr.<\/a> (1:01:27)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-VGMoopL9I\">Jim Jones Massacre Survivor tells his story (Hue Fortson) <\/a> (44:53)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J5bhTdqboew\">Jim Jones &amp; The Hue Fortson Family &#8211; The &#8220;Jim Jones&#8221; Town Story<\/a> (11:13)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e1n8qs0k4Fg\">Jim Jones Story by Hue Fortson Jr. #1.avi<\/a> (8:56)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nl3RJr8YFeg\">Jim Jones Story by Hue Fortson Jr. #2.avi<\/a> (8:31)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VUxEBFlYEFE\">Jim Jones &amp; The Hue Fortson Jr. Family? <\/a> (12:11)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ULcoVWHNHaY\">S O V Classic 5.27.1998 Guest Pastor Hue Fortson<\/a> (11:27)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-VGMoopL9I\">Jim Jones Massacre Survivor tells his story (Hue Fortson)<\/a> (44:53)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vvdailypress.com\/story\/news\/2008\/11\/17\/local-man-lost-wife-son\/37066204007\/\">Local man lost wife, son in Jonestown massacre<\/a> November 17, 2008, <i>The Desert Dispatch<\/i>,  Barstow, California.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Array<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":16994,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17034","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17034"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134507,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17034\/revisions\/134507"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}