Executed
Joe Vernon
Joe Vernon, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on November 3, 1944, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The record lists the death as an execution by the State of Alabama.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.