Executed

J.W. Simmons

died July 14, 1961 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

J.W. Simmons was executed by the State of Mississippi in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Sunflower County, on July 14, 1961. He was held in state prison custody at the time, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, which recorded the manner of death as homicide. The department's account names the execution as the cause of death. Objections to the execution, if any were raised, are not part of the account given here.

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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