Deaths in Custody
Executed

Gray B. Cole

died January 8, 1943 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

Gray B. Cole, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at Arizona State Prison in Florence on January 8, 1943, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. The state's record is the only account available, and it gives no details of his life, family, or work.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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