Executed

Edgar Keeler

died January 27, 1956 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Edgar Keeler, a Black man, was executed by the State of Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Corrections records that he died in the gas chamber at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on January 27, 1956. The department lists the manner of death as homicide.

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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