Executed
Sheppard Bruno
Sheppard Bruno, a 45-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 17, 1939. The Georgia Department of Corrections lists his death as an execution carried out by the state. The available record gives no details about his family or work.
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.