Religious News Service: Thirty years later, ghosts of Jonestown live on
But in death, the Jonestown pilgrims became front-page news when they died a year later after following Jones' order to drink punch laced with poison.
On Nov. 18, the names of those members of the Peoples Temple will echo in public again during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of their deaths. Their names will be unveiled on a memorial and read aloud during a "Speaking Their Names" ceremony at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco.
Three of the names hit home for Rebecca Moore, whose sisters Carolyn Layton and Annie Moore died at Jonestown along with her nephew, Layton's 4-year-old son, Kimo. …
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