Deaths in Custody
Executed

Early Bryant

30 years old · died May 31, 1946 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Early Bryant, a 30-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on May 31, 1946, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide. The source offers nothing about his family, work, or what others remembered of him.

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.

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