Executed
Herring Davis
Herring Davis, a 40-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on June 24, 1960, where he had been held in state custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the state's record of executions, lists the cause as execution.
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.