Executed
Oscar James Wimis
Oscar James Wimis, 44, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 21, 1960, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's execution history records the death as a homicide carried out by the state. The available source gives no details about his family, work, or the people who knew him. No other accounts of the execution were found, so no dispute about the process is recorded.
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.