Executed
Sammie Lee Smith
Sammie Lee Smith, a 27-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 14, 1962. The Georgia Department of Corrections lists the execution as the cause of his death and classifies the manner as homicide. The record gives no further account of his life or of the events leading to his death.
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.