Editing Bonnie Nettles (section)

==Early life==
Bonnie Nettles was born on August 29, 1927, and raised in [[Houston, Texas]], into a [[Baptist]] family.<ref name="Glory">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=1|title=Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate|last=Bearak|first=Barry|date=April 28, 1997|page=2|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> As an adult, she moved away from the religion. After becoming a [[registered nurse]], she married businessman Joseph Segal Nettles in December 1949, with whom she had four children. Their marriage remained mostly stable until 1972, at which time, according to ''[[The New York Times]]'', she began attempting to contact deceased spirits by conducting regular [[Séance|seances]] and came to believe that a 19th-century [[monk]] named Brother Francis frequently spoke with her and gave her instructions. She also visited multiple [[Fortune-telling|fortunetellers]] who told her that she was soon to meet a mysterious man who was tall with light hair and a fair complexion, descriptions which were fairly close to Marshall Applewhite's appearance.<ref name="Glory" /> Nettles also studied [[astrology]], [[Theosophy]], and the [[occult]].