Executed
Eddie Bennie Hayes
Eddie Bennie Hayes was 19 years old when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on January 3, 1941. The Georgia Department of Corrections' history of executions records his death, and it lists the manner as homicide. He was held at the prison, and his death is recorded as an execution by the state.
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.