Executed
David Watkins
David Watkins, an 18-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on May 11, 1945, while held in the custody of the state. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the cause of death as execution and the manner as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.