Deaths in Custody
Executed

Willie Jones

28 years old · died April 19, 1946 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Willie Jones, 28, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, and was executed in the electric chair there on April 19, 1946. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution as carried out by the state, and it lists the manner of death as homicide. The available account offers no details about his family, work, or what others said about him. No other sources in this record describe the circumstances of his death or dispute the state's account.

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.

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