Executed

Willie Jones

died July 13, 1956 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Willie Jones, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on July 13, 1956, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department lists the cause of death as execution in the gas chamber.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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