Velma Barfield

Velma Margie Barfield (October 29, 1932 - November 2, 1984) was the first woman in the United States to be executed since 1962. She was also the first woman to be executed by lethal injection.Velma's first known encounter with a death of someone close to her was her first husband, Thomas Burke, who died of smoke inhalation when the family's house caught fire. Strangely enough, only a few months later, their house burst into flame again, this time with a reward of insurance money.In 1970, she married a widower by the name of Jennings Barfield. Less than a year after their marriage, Jennings died from heart complications, leaving Velma a widow once again. According to friends and family, this spurred her already blooming addiction to prescribed medications, resulting in numerous hospital visits .
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