Executed
James Worthy
James Worthy, a 24-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on June 18, 1937, by the State of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the state's execution history, records the execution and lists it as a homicide. The record gives no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case. No other accounts of his death were consulted for this summary.
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.