Executed

Dewey Towsel

died June 22, 1956 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Dewey Towsel, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on June 22, 1956, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, which lists his death as an execution. The department's record does not describe his family, work, or the circumstances of his case. No objections to his execution are recorded in the source we drew on.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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