Executed
Louis Gillard
Louis Gillard, a 54-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on August 29, 1955, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The department records the manner of death as homicide, the category it uses for executions. The record gives no details of the person's life, and no objections to the execution are recorded in this source.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.