Velma Barfield
10/29/1932 - 11/2/1984
Scorpio
Last Words
"I just want to say that I am sorry for all the hurt that I have caused. I know that everybody has gone through a lot of pain, all the families connected, and I am sorry. I want to thank everybody who have been supporting me all these years."
Death & Legacy
Velma Barfield, 52, a grandmother convicted of killing her fiance and suspected in the deaths of three other people, was executed by injection early today in North Carolina's Central Prison. She was the first woman executed in the United States since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Lethal injection
- Age at Death
- 52 years
- Funeral Location
- The information about the exact location of Velma Barfield's funeral is not publicly available.
- Final Resting Place
- Columbus Memorial Park, Whiteville, North Carolina, U.S.