Death Certificates

In Georgia, statewide issuing of death certificates began in 1919. While some death records exist for earlier decades (principally materials collected by the State Board of Health from 1914 to 1919), most Athens-Clarke County death records date from the post-1919 era. Death records from 1919 to 1930 are indexed and available online at the Georgia Archives in Morrow, Georgia. Building from this dataset, The Athens Death Project has transcribed and datafied 3,405 death certificates for Athens Clarke County from the years 1919 to 1927.

First Name Last Name Occupation Race Sex Age at Deathsort descending Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Alberta Kinny African American Female 0 Pneumonia North Ave & Willow St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mobley African American Female 0 Neonatal 1473 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Robert Pearson African American Male 0 Premature 150 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Odessa C. Singilton African American Female 0 Infection 150 S Newton St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Sewell Walker African American Male 0 [??] W Hancock Ave & N Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Bradford African American Male 0 Bronchitis 1127 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Brown African American Male 0 Syphilis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Rhew May Hawkins African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Will Roberson [individual] Family Burial Ground
Janette Coleman Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Park Ave & Easy St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Ora C. Buedon African American Male 0 Marasmus Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy & Hobson Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
John Hill Child African American Female 0 Malnutrition Hoyt St & State St Dorsey Furniture Co. Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Anna V. Joseph African American Female 0 Stomach Strong St & N Jackson St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Nellie Francis Patterson African American Female 0 Starvation 150 Valley St B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Cornil Angeline Ward Caucasian Female 0 Urticaria 312 N Thomas St B. Dunaway and Sons High Shoals, Georgia
A. C. Gray African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Moss African American Male 0 Stillborn Athens, GA Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Owens African American Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Mary A. Stovell Child African American Female 0 Malnutrition Hoyt St & N Jackson St Mack and Payne Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
Louise A. King Caucasian Female 0 Brain, Hemmorhage [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Mitchel Caucasian Male 0 Premature 473 W Hancock Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Noell Caucasian Male 0 Premature Columbia, SC Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Mattie Hill African American Female 0 Natural causes [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
James D. Smith Child African American Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Wm. Jones African American Male 0 Malnurtition [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Barnes African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
David Johnson Child African American Male 0 Hemmorhage 346 N Pope Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Chandler Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Toccoa, Georgia
Lelia Gertrude Lation Caucasian Female 0 Cholera [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Whitehall Cemetery
Helen Geneva Porter Caucasian Female 0 Poisoning 195 Arch St Bernstein Brothers Whitehall, Georgia
Hale Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
Albert Wm. Allen Caucasian Male 0 Colitis 124 Bryan St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Pinkie Cannon Child African American Female 0 Whooping cough 768 4th St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Paul Lee Mclain None Caucasian Male 0 Jaundice 164 Bryan St Dunbar & Dunaway Athens, Georgia
Cleveland Oliver Child African American Male 0 Dysentery 134 Fairview St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Smith African American Male 0 Premature 1140 Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Thelma Turman Child African American Female 0 Heart 198 Chase St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Alice C Williams None African American Female 0 Hemorrhage 193 Finley St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Will H. Robinson African American Male 0 Pneumonia 190 Bryan St B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Daisey Brown Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Clarke County, Georgia
Marrion Woodrow Garbaugher Child Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia, Bronchitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jerolene Hulson African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Buried by parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
James Neery Bales Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 220 Peter St Dorsey Furniture Co. Crooked Creek Cemetery
Miriam E. Haygood Child Caucasian Female 0 Stomach Cobb St & N Chase St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
George Henry Joseph Child African American Male 0 Syphilis 257 Finley St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Joe Rhodes African American Male 0 Pneumonia Strong St & Foundry St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Ola Burt Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth Elizabeth St & Willow St  Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Giles Caucasian Male 0 Heart 173 Virginia Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Linton, Georgia
Callie J. Winnie Bridges Caucasian Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
James Mote Caucasian Male 0 Stomach 196 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Mary Annette Garvin Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Johnie Stephens African American Male 0 Pneumonia 146 Bryan St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Joies Francis Waldrup African American Female 0 Pneumonia Whitehall Rd. & S Milledge Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Mote Caucasian Female 0 Unknown 198 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Mamie Smith African American Female 0 Malnutrition [Unknown Address] Will Williams [individual] Oglethorpe County, Georgia
James L. Johnson African American Male 0 Neonatal Chicago, IL Dorsey Furniture Co. Spaulding Cemetery
Jackalean Scarbrough Caucasian Female 0 Unknown, Natural Causes Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers Allensville, Georgia
Flora Mae Deadwyler Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Cora Hemphill Child African American Female 0 Neonatal 179 Marlin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Daisy Tate African American Female 0 Malnutrition Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & Strickland Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Elizzibeth Horton African American Female 0 Pneumonia 1444 W Broad St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Elsie Mae Jackson African American Female 0 Infection Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & Strickland Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
E. K. Collins Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Eberhart African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Jim Eberhart [father] [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Martha Mary Ann Kittle Caucasian Female 0 Premature 1398 E Broad St McDorman Bridges Co. Clarke County, Georgia
Unknown Caucasian Unknown 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] C. H. Weatherly Co. [Weatherly Funeral Home] Clarke County, Georgia
George D. Daniel Caucasian Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Daniell-Freeman Cemetery
Zelma Robinson African American Female 0 Natural causes [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Hull, Georgia
Newton Johnson African American Male 0 Unknown Athens, GA Mack and Payne Jackson County, Georgia
Eddie Hopkins Child African American Female 0 Small pox Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Thelma Sorrow Caucasian Female 0 Septicemia 192 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Elizabeth Dious Child African American Female 0 Colitis 4180 Jefferson Rd. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Heights Cemetery
James Aaron Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Margarete Mathews Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia 278 N Newton St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Oldham Caucasian Male 0 Premature 168 E Dougherty St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Walker Caucasian Female 0 Heart Hoyt St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Mary Smith African American Female 0 Malnutrition [Unknown Address] Geo Clark [individual] Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Margrett Owens Child African American Female 0 Whooping cough Athens Ave & Savannah Ave Mack and Payne Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery
Anna Hunter Housework African American Female 0 Uremia 130 S Newton St Bernstein Brothers Stephens, Georgia
Jas. Ray Bryant Caucasian Male 0 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
James Zockrich Prairie Caucasian Male 0 [??] Strong St & N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Vineyards Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Adams Caucasian Male 0 Delivery [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co.
Evilin Young [Unknown] African American Female 0 Whooping cough Athens, GA Mack and Payne
Beatrice Carroll African American Female 0 Premature birth 256 Dr Martin Luther King Parkway Rufus Carroll [father] [family] Athens, Georgia
Margarete Crawford Child African American Female 0 Pneumonia 970 Martin Luther King JR Parkway Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Harris African American Male 0 Stillborn 1375 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Holmes None Caucasian Male 0 Stillborn, Heart Boulevard & N Chase St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Jones African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Sallie Mae Jones Child African American Female 0 Syphilis 242 Savannah Ave Robt E. Jones [relative] Athens, Georgia
Marion Moore Child African American Female 0 Starvation 348 4th St Parent Fred Moore [family] Athens, Georgia
Robert Horton African American Male 0 Malnutrition 1349 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Williams African American Female 0 Bronchitis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
May Ramey Thornton Caucasian Female 0 Meningitis Center, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Center Cemetery
Howard Bates Child African American Male 0 Seizures [Unknown Address] Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
John Elder Child African American Male 0 Premature birth N Hull St & N Lumpkin St Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
John Roof Johnson Child African American Male 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Mary Lou Kittle Caucasian Female 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lillie Lee Carter African American Female 0 Diphtheria 547 Odd St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Helen Taylor Child Caucasian Female 0 Stomach Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Hull, Georgia
Dolittle African American Male 0 Premature birth 270 Satula Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Mars Hill Cemetery
Curtis Flanagan African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Flanagan [father] [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery

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