George Reed Logue was born on June 1, 1888, in Edgefield, South Carolina. He was the brother of John Wallace Logue and the brother-in-law of Sue Belle Stidham Logue. George lived on the family farm in Edgefield County, sharing the residence with his brother John Wallace, John's wife Sue, and their mother. The Logue family was well-known in the community, and George was involved in the family's agricultural pursuits. Despite his seemingly quiet life, George harbored deep resentment following the death of his brother, John Wallace, who was killed by Davis Timmerman in 1940 during a dispute over livestock. This event set the stage for George's involvement in a deadly plot for revenge.

After the acquittal of Davis Timmerman for the death of John Wallace Logue in March 1941, George Logue, along with his sister-in-law Sue and nephew Joe Frank, conspired to murder Timmerman as an act of vengeance. They enlisted the help of Clarence Bagwell, a known criminal from Spartanburg, offering him $500 to carry out the killing.

On September 17, 1941, Bagwell entered Timmerman's store under the pretense of making a purchase and shot him multiple times, resulting in Timmerman's death. The murder weapon had been procured by Joe Frank Logue, and the payment was facilitated by George and Sue Logue.

The investigation led to the arrests of Bagwell, George, Sue, and Joe Frank. During the attempt to apprehend George and Sue at their farmhouse on November 16, 1941, a gunfight ensued, resulting in the deaths of Sheriff Wad D. Allen and Deputy William L. Clark, as well as Fred Dorn, a sharecropper on the Logue farm. George was wounded during this altercation but survived.

In January 1942, George Logue was tried and convicted of first-degree murder for his role in orchestrating Timmerman's death. He was sentenced to death and executed by electrocution on January 15, 1943, at the South Carolina Penitentiary in Columbia.