Executed

Howard Cook

died December 19, 1961 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Howard Cook, a Black man, was executed by the State of Mississippi in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on December 19, 1961, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department's record is the only source for the death and its circumstances. No objections to the execution are recorded in the material available.

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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