Executed
Rock Hooten
Rock Hooten was 24 years old when he died. The Georgia Department of Corrections records that the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on March 17, 1944, where he was being held. The department lists the manner of death as homicide by execution.
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.