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
Louther T. Escoe Child Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 569 Pulaski St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Dorothy Jennings African American Female 0 Stomach Bogart, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ruby Warren Child African American Female 0 Tuberculosis, Pneumonia Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Magnolia Williams African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] J. T. Griffith Clarke County, Georgia
Lorenza Foster Child African American Male 0 Pneumonia 387 Flint St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Mattie B. Holmes Child African American Female 0 Stomach 227 Rockspring St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Preston Caucasian Female 0 Starvation [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Hampton, South Carolina
James Lewis Horn Caucasian Male 0 Colitis High Shoals, GA Bernstein Brothers High Shoals, Georgia
Henry Marshall Driskell Laborer Caucasian Male 0 Heart Hickman Dr. & College Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Lester Cemetery
William Leroy Leird Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis 153 Park Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Madison County, Georgia
Flossie May Da Bell Hill African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie Barnett African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Hershal Milligan Child Caucasian Male 0 Heart Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Leonard Thrasher African American Male 0 Brain [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Lillian Gertrude Lewis Caucasian Female 0 Convulsions 878 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Melton Caucasian Male 0 [??] 185 Hawassee Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Park Child Caucasian Female 0 Asthma 535 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hayel Constantane Petropal Caucasian Female 0 Scarlet fever 358 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Thelma Hopkins African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Neal [individual] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Eva May Wells Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia 149 Bryan St Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Sarah Greer Holcamb Caucasian Female 0 Hemmorhage, Brain [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co.
Phillips Caucasian Female 0 Premature Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers
Allin Eberhardt African American Male 0 Pneumonia, Whooping Cough 385 N Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Ella F. Jenkins African American Female 0 Premature 145 N Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Eddie Ray None African American Male 0 Premature 193 Marlin St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Robt Dammons African American Male 0 Bronchitis 360 W Hancock Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Akerson Harris African American Male 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Rosemary Funeral Directors Brooklyn Cemetery
Martha Jewel African American Female 0 Stomach Broad St & Hawthorne Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Willie Mae Oldham African American Female 0 Malnutrition [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dunaway Brooklyn Cemetery
David Billops African American Male 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Davis African American Male 0 Premature birth Athens, GA Buried by family Clarke County, Georgia
Evans African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Mattie May Harris African American Female 0 Stomach 770 Dearing St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sarah Lizzie Motes Child African American Female 0 Bronchitis North Ave & Madison Heights Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Benjiman Ector African American Male 0 Bronchitis 230 Finley St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jackson Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 420 Strong St Dorsey Furniture Co. Huff Cemetery
Janette Johnson Child African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Jackson African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Annie Alice Hodges Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clyde Ross Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia, Meningitis 698 Nanthalla Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Billie Royster Caucasian Male 0 Convulsions [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Reese Thompson Caucasian Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
Jennie Mae Lane African American Female 0 Premature 335 Arch St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Wheeler Caucasian Female 0 Premature 360 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Westfield, Pennsylvania
Robert Holman Smith African American Male 0 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons
Harry V. Jones African American Male 0 Influenza 658 Hill St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Seymour Caucasian Female 0 Premature [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Athens, Georgia
Rachel Williams Child African American Female 0 Premature 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Wilson Caucasian Female 0 Premature [Unknown Address] No undertaker [family] Banks County, Georgia
J C Carson Caucasian Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Bogart, Georgia
Mamie Belle Jennings Child African American Female 0 Pneumonia 998 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Daniel Thomas African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Edward Stewart Kirk Caucasian Male 0 Convulsions 184 Willow St B. Dunaway and Sons Colbert, Georgia
Carrie M. Ector African American Female 0 Pneumonia S Finley St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jeroline Brown African American Female 0 Pneumonia 128 Odd St Mack and Payne Handy Cemetery
Clara Joyce Lord Caucasian Female 0 Stomach Satula Ave & Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. High Shoals, Georgia
Hugh Hartley Carithers Caucasian Male 0 Malnutrition 694 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Madison County, Georgia
Wautchia Prairie Caucasian Female 0 Poisoning Strong St & N Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Murry Eberhart African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] James Eberhart [father] [family] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Mclease Powers African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Lizzie Hunt [individual] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Sarah Elizabeth Chambers Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Strong St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Nash Caucasian Male 0 Natural causes 239 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Flora Bell Hanson Cook Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy E. L. Hanson [family] Watkinsville, Georgia
Edward Devanport None African American Male 0 Premature birth Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & Strickland Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Athens, Georgia
Hattie L. Jones African American Female 0 Pneumonia W Broad St & S Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Pittard African American Male 0 Premature 246 N Pope St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Lillian Whitehead African American Female 0 Colitis 445 Vine St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Rastus Ford Williams Child African American Male 0 Premature 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Isaac Jaro Allen Child African American Male 0 Syphilis 138 Glenhaven Ave Mack and Payne Barber's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Andrew Stroud African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Cash African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Doris Belle Davis Child Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Theoda Howard Child African American Male 0 Pneumonia Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lord Caucasian Male 0 Premature 995 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Edward Hudson Barnett African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Eve Barnett [mother] [family] Davis Graveyard
Annie Lee Hayes African American Female 0 Pneumonia 348 1st St B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Aurodite Howard African American Male 0 Pneumonia 443 3rd St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Easter Holts African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Lawson [Deanl?] Green Family Cemetery
Clarence Lord Caucasian Male 0 Stomach Satula Ave & Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. High Shoals, Georgia
Martha Barnett Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Dorthey Guest Caucasian Female 0 Natural causes E Broad St & S Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Leonard David Matthews Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis Lexington, GA C. R. Crawford [individual] Matthews Cemetery
Eliza Warren African American Female 0 Whooping cough [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Ellis Child African American Female 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Clement Walker African American Male 0 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Hazel Louise Horton African American Female 0 Pneumonia Athens, GA Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Elliott Caucasian Male 0 Heart 360 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Dorothy Parnell Caucasian Female 0 Diphtheria N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Martha Wilson Caucasian Female 0 Heart Winterville Rd & Lexington Rd Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Felman Jordan Child African American Female 0 Unknown 290 Macon Ave Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Burnice Sims Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Farris Layne African American Male 0 Stillborn 420 N Peter St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Joe B. Thurmond African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Chester Leroy Harris African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Watkinsville, Georgia
R. L. Hammond Caucasian Male 0 Marasmus, Stomach Whitehall, GA Bernstein Brothers White Hall Cemetery
Landrum Caucasian Male 0 Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Whitehall, Georgia
Huff African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] D. W. Pittard [individual] Winterville, Georgia
Hazel Cathrine Prickett Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Jefferson, GA Dorsey Furniture Co.
Jessie Mack Clemons African American Male 0 Premature birth, Malnutrition 945 College Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Ruth Lester Child African American Female 0 Smallpox Hickman Dr. & College Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia

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