Executed
Lonnie Avery
Lonnie Avery, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on March 15, 1940, according to the department's record.
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.