Deaths in Custody
Executed

George Kersey

27 years old · died November 21, 1950 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

George Kersey, a 27-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 21, 1950, where he had been held in the custody of the state. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the official history of executions in the state, records his death as a judicial execution by the State of Georgia. The record gives no details about his family, work, or life beyond his name, age, and the date and place of his death.

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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