List of people executed in North Carolina
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.
There have been a total of 43 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All of the people executed were convicted of murder . Of the 43 people executed, 42 were male and 1 was female. 41 were executed via lethal injection and 2 via gas chamber .[ 1]
List of people executed in North Carolina since 1976
No.
Name
Race
Age
Sex
Date of execution
County
Method
Victim(s)
Governor
1
James William Hutchins
White
54
M
March 16, 1984
McDowell
Lethal injection
Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Robert "Pete" Peterson[ a]
Jim Hunt
2
Margie Velma Barfield
White
52
F
November 2, 1984
Bladen
Stuart Taylor
3
John William Rook
White
27
M
September 19, 1986
Wake
Ann Marie Roche
James G. Martin
4
Michael Van McDougall
White
36
M
October 18, 1991
Mecklenburg
Dianne Parker
5
John Sterling Gardner Jr.
White
34
M
October 23, 1992
Forsyth
Richard Adams and Kim Miller
6
David Scarborough Lawson
White
38
M
June 15, 1994
Cabarrus
Gas chamber
Wayne Shinn
Jim Hunt
7
Kermit Smith Jr.
White
37
M
January 24, 1995
Halifax
Lethal injection
Whelette Collins
8
Phillip Lee Ingle
White
34
M
September 22, 1995
Rutherford
4 murder victims[ b]
9
Ricky Lee Sanderson
White
38
M
January 30, 1998
Iredell
Gas chamber[ c]
Sue Ellen Holliman
10
Zane Brown Hill
White
62
M
August 14, 1998
Buncombe
Lethal injection
Randall Hill
11
John Thomas Noland Jr.
White
50
M
November 20, 1998
Mecklenburg
Cindy Milton and Troy Milton
12
James David Rich
White
26
M
March 26, 1999
Greene
Paul Gwyn
13
Harvey Lee Green
Black
38
M
September 24, 1999
Pitt
Sheila Bland and Michael Edmondson
14
Arthur Martin Boyd Jr.
White
53
M
October 21, 1999
Surry
Wanda Hartman
15
David Junior Brown
Black
51
M
November 19, 1999
Union
Shelly Chalflinch and Christina Chalflinch
16
Michael Earl Sexton
Black
34
M
November 9, 2000
Wake
Kimberly Crews
17
Willie Ervin Fisher
Black
39
M
March 9, 2001
Forsyth
Angela Johnson
Mike Easley
18
Clifton Allen White
White
43
M
August 24, 2001
Mecklenburg
Kimberly Ewing
19
Ronald Wayne Frye
White
42
M
August 31, 2001
Catawba
Ralph Childress
20
David Junior Ward
Black
39
M
October 12, 2001
Pitt
Dorothy Mae Smith
21
John Hardy Rose
White
43
M
November 30, 2001
Haywood
Patricia Stewart
22
Ernest West Basden
White
49
M
December 6, 2002
Duplin
Billy White
23
Desmond Keith Carter
Black
35
M
December 10, 2002
Rockingham
Helen Purdy
24
William Quentin Jones
Black
34
M
August 22, 2003
Wake
Edward Peebles
25
Henry Lee Hunt
Native American
58
M
September 12, 2003
Robeson
Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom
26
Joseph Earl Bates
White
35
M
September 26, 2003
Yadkin
Charles Jenkins
27
Edward Ernest Hartman
White
39
M
October 3, 2003
Northampton
Herman Larry Smith Sr.
28
Joseph Timothy Keel
White
39
M
November 7, 2003
Edgecombe
John Simmons
29
John Dennis Daniels
Black
46
M
November 14, 2003
Mecklenburg
Isabelle Daniels Crawford
30
Robbie James Lyons
Black
31
M
December 5, 2003
Forsyth
Stephen Stafford
31
Raymond Dayle Rowsey
White
32
M
January 9, 2004
Alamance
Howard Sikorski
32
Sammy Crystal Perkins
Black
51
M
October 8, 2004
Pitt
Lashenna Moore
33
Charles Wesley Roache
White
30
M
October 22, 2004
Haywood
6 murder victims[ d]
34
Frank Ray Chandler
White
32
M
November 12, 2004
Surry
Doris Poore
35
William Dillard Powell
White
58
M
March 11, 2005
Cleveland
Mary Gladden
36
Earl J. Richmond Jr.
Black
43
M
May 6, 2005
Cumberland
Helisa S. Hayes, Phillip Hayes, and Darien Hayes
37
Steven Van McHone
White
35
M
November 11, 2005
Surry
Mildred Adams and Wesley Adams Sr.
38
Elias Hanna Syriani
Arab
67
M
November 18, 2005
Mecklenburg
Teresa Yousef Syriani
39
Kenneth Lee Boyd [ e]
White
57
M
December 2, 2005
Rockingham
Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry
40
Perrie Dyon Simpson
Black
43
M
January 20, 2006
Jean Ernest Darter
41
Patrick Lane Moody
White
39
M
March 17, 2006
Davidson
Donnie Ray Robbins
42
Willie Brown Jr.
Black
61
M
April 21, 2006
Martin
Valerie Ann Roberson Dixon
43
Samuel Russell Flippen
White
36
M
August 18, 2006
Forsyth
Britnie Nichole Hutton
Demographics
See also
Notes
^ Huskey and Messersmith were Rutherford County Deputy Sheriffs and Peterson was a North Carolina State Trooper .
^ The 4 victims were: William Fred Davis, Margaret Davis, E.Z. Willis, and Sarah Willis.
^ This was the second-to-last execution by gas chamber to be carried out in the United States.
^ The 6 victims were: Chad McKinley Watt, Earl Phillips, Cora Phillips, Eddie Phillips, Mitzi Phillips, and Katie Phillips.
^ Kenneth Lee Boyd was the 1,000th person to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
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