Executed
Willie Hicks
Willie Hicks, an 18-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, on February 3, 1944, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. A state execution record lists the manner of death as homicide, the legal term for an execution by the state.
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.