Deaths in Custody
Executed

Eddie Brown

29 years old · died August 23, 1940 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Eddie Brown, a 29-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, and was executed in the electric chair there on August 23, 1940. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as a judicial execution by the state. The available record gives no further detail about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

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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