Deaths in Custody
Executed

Eddie Houser Jr.

22 years old · died January 27, 1950 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Eddie Houser Jr., who was 22 years old, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on January 27, 1950. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as an execution carried out in the electric chair, and lists it under its history of executions in Georgia.

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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