Executed
J.W Pugh
J.W. Pugh, 35, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair on January 14, 1964. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the official record of executions, lists the death as an execution carried out by the state. The available account gives no further detail about his life or family, and no source in this record disputes the state's account of how he died.
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.