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 Death | Cause of Death | Address | Funeral Home | Cemetery |
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Ike | Brooks | Laborer | African American | Male | 63 | Accident (fire) | 923 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Harry | Mason | Student | African American | Male | 20 | Typhoid fever | E Broad St & S Thomas St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Fannie | Hill | Beautician | African American | Female | 52 | Tuberculosis | 360 Milledge Ave | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Sarah | Chapple | Farm Laborer | African American | Female | 30 | Nephritis | Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave | W. P. Hopson | Allenville Cemetery |
William | Mattox | Farmer | African American | Male | 49 | Infection, Appendix | Carlton, GA | W. P. Hopson | Carlton, Georgia |
Hill | African American | Female | Stillborn | 215 N Pope St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Irean | Smith | Cook | African American | Female | 50 | Paralysis | 335 Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Thomson, Georgia |
Jessie Mack | Clemons | African American | Male | 0 | Premature birth, Malnutrition | 945 College Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
George | Dye | African American | Male | 80 | Natural causes | W Hancock Ave & N Franklin St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
L. B. | Barnett | Porter | African American | Male | 29 | Tuberculosis | Chicago, IL | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Ella F. | Jenkins | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | 145 N Rockspring St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Joseph | Hardeman | Farmer | African American | Male | 31 | Tuberculosis | Indale Ave & Glenhaven Ave | W. P. Hopson | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Will Henry | Graham | Porter | African American | Male | 47 | Heart | 542 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Eula | Broughton | Laundress | African American | Female | 26 | Nephritis, Heart | 1198 S Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Tilmon | African American | Male | 0 | Stomach | 900 Henderson Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | ||
Callie | Johnson | Farmer | African American | Female | 53 | Stomach | 360 N Milledge Ave. | W. P. Hopson | Oconee County, Georgia |
Hill | African American | Female | Premature birth, Stillborn | 173 Pearl St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Williams | African American | Female | Premature | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Allin | Eberhardt | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia, Whooping Cough | 385 N Billups St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Robert | Barnett | Laborer | African American | Male | 48 | Heart | 1082 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Andrew | Johnson | Farmer | African American | Male | 43 | Nephritis, Heart | North Avenue & Spring Ct | W. P. Hopson | Statham, Georgia |
Brown | African American | Male | 0 | Stomach | 1340 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | ||
Samantha | Lee | Laundress | African American | Female | 19 | Accident (fire) | 246 N Pope St | W. P. Hopson | Godfrey, Georgia |
Albert | Tate | Porter | African American | Male | 25 | Hemorrhage | 215 Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Huldy | Cokely | Farmer | African American | Female | 52 | Cancer | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Williams | African American | Female | Stillborn | 200 Glenhaven Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Carrie | Edwards | Laundress | African American | Female | 29 | Nephritis | S Finley St & Baxter St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Alfred | Johnson | Student | African American | Male | 16 | Pneumonia | 123 Johnson Dr. | Theo Williams [individual] | City Athens |
Josephine Lewis | Hammond | Caucasian | Female | 45 | Appendix, Surgery, Infection, Pneumonia | Monroe, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Rest Haven Cemetery | |
Loretta Moore | Huddlston | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 26 | Infection, Heart | Atlanta, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Monroe Cemetery |
James A. P. | Langston | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Pneumonia | Monroe, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Watkinsville, Georgia |
Jasper | Ellis | African American | Male | 2 | Unknown | Winterville, GA | T. G. Holbrook [individual] | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | |
Anna | Hunter | Child | African American | Female | 36 | Premature birth | 139 N Newton | Sterling Hunter Father [father] [family] | Athens, Georgia |
Julia Ruth | Bell | Caucasian | Female | 3 | Pneumonia, Stomach | 240 Dubose Ave | Star Bell + Co. | Cleveland, Georgia | |
Sims | African American | Male | 0 | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Sherman Brown [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia | ||
Charlie | Sims | Railroad Employee | African American | Male | 50 | Paralysis | [Unknown Address] | Sara Ann Moore [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia |
Jackson | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | Sam Wyche [individual] | Place near family house | ||
James | Shearer | Veteran | Caucasian | Male | 26 | [Nothing Listed] | [Unknown Address] | S.E McGowan [individual] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Beatrice | Carroll | African American | Female | 0 | Premature birth | 256 Dr Martin Luther King Parkway | Rufus Carroll [father] [family] | Athens, Georgia | |
Rebeco E. | Daniel | Housewife | African American | Female | 35 | Syphilis | 695 Vine | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Athens, Georgia |
Akerson | Harris | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Jade Theron | Damron | Caucasian | Male | 1 | Colitis | 280 Baldwin St | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Tom | Jerrel | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Natural causes, Heart | Athens, GA | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery |
Mary | Hall | Caucasian | Female | 77 | Old Age | 290 Baldwin St | Rosemary Funeral Directors | White Hall Cemetery | |
Sallie Mae | Jones | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Syphilis | 242 Savannah Ave | Robt E. Jones [relative] | Athens, Georgia |
Sam | Carter | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Bowel | [Unknown Address] | Rich Watkins [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia |
John Columbus | Duke | Drayman | African American | Male | 60 | Dysentery | Athens, GA | Randolph-Smith Co. [Randolph Brothers] | Paradise Cemetery |
Dorthy Lee | Brown | African American | Female | 1 | Colitis | [Unknown Address] | Randolph Brothers | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Brown | African American | Male | Stillborn | 128 Odd St | Pauper, no undertaker; J. H. Booth, health officer | ||||
Garfield | Henderson | African American | Female | 0 | Stillborn | 398 Cleveland Ave | Pauper No Undertaker [family] | Athens, Georgia | |
Noble | None | African American | Female | 0 | Neonatal | North Ave & Willow St | Pauper No Undertaker Allensville [family] | Allensville, Georgia | |
Wright | None | African American | Male | Stillborn | 360 Milledge Ave | Pauper by city | Athens, Georgia | ||
Duthrege | Caucasian | Female | Stillborn | Bryan St & N Chase St | Pauper buried by J. H. [Be??on] [??ton] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Malcom | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | Monroe, Walton County, GA | Parents [family] | Walton County, Georgia | |||
Howard | Bates | Child | African American | Male | 0 | Seizures | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia |
Davenport | African American | Female | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Zella Mae | Lester | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Neonatal | 167 N Finley St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia |
Pope | African American | Male | Stillborn | 1385 W Hancock Ave | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Julia | Caters | African American | Female | Stillborn | 387 Arch St | Parents [family] | |||
Nesbit | African American | Male | Stillborn | 386 Arch St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Hattie | Lewis | African American | Male | 0 | Stomach | 245 Atlanta Ave | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |
Will Henry | Bird | African American | Male | Stillborn | 135 Pearl St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Cook | African American | Male | Stillborn | North Avenue & Willow St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
John | Elder | Child | African American | Male | 0 | Premature birth | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia |
Woods | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | 146 Bryant St | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
Evans | African American | Female | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | ||
Wood | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Stilborn | Athens, GA | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Smith | African American | Male | Premature | Ruth St & Lake St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Johnson | African American | Male | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
Thomason | None | African American | Male | Stillborn | 170 Trail Creek St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Henry | Clark | African American | Male | 0 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Hill | African American | Female | Stillborn | 220 Pearl St | Parents buried baby [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Elizabeth | Willis | African American | Female | Premature | 540 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Parent [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Marion | Moore | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Starvation | 348 4th St | Parent Fred Moore [family] | Athens, Georgia |
Mathews | African American | Male | Premature | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Owens | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | ||
Chester Redfield | Whitehead | African American | Male | 1 | Accident (fire) | [Unknown Address] | None [Family] | Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Lucy | Thrasher | African American | Female | 80 | Cancer | Bogart, GA | None [family] | Oconee County, Georgia | |
Flossie May Da Bell | Hill | African American | Female | 0 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Mathews | African American | Male | Premature | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Autry | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | No undertaker, buried by parent [family] | Cleveland, Georgia | ||
Ellington | African American | Stillborn | Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave | No undertaker [family] | At home | ||||
Sims | African American | Male | Premature | 134 Hendricks Ave | No undertaker [family] | Jackson County, Georgia | |||
Wilson | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | No undertaker [family] | Banks County, Georgia | ||
Tillman | African American | Female | Stillborn | 900 Henderson Extension | No undertaker Family burial | Brooklyn Cemetery | |||
Noble | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | North Ave & Willow St | No undertaker by parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Stokes | African American | Female | Premature | [Unknown Address] | No Undertaker (Pauper) [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Edward | Wilson | Farmer | African American | Male | 50 | Lungs | [Unknown Address] | No underaker in attendance [family] | |
Wright | African American | Male | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Nelson Wright [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
Dean | African American | Female | Stillborn | 487 Athens Ave | Mother & Father [family] | Watkinsville, Georgia | |||
Minnie | Brittian | Retired | Caucasian | Female | 86 | Hemmorhage | [Unknown Address] | McDorman Bridges Co. | Greene County, Georgia |
Dora Jane | Harris | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 45 | Cancer | 386 W Broad St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Sarah Louise | Davis | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Premature birth | 180 Barrow St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
George Calvin | Aaron | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Tuberculosis | 583 Satula Ave | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee County, Georgia |
Marth Lillian | Pitner | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 67 | Heart, Kidneys | 336 Hill St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Athens, Georgia |
Rhoda Cathrine | Berryman | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 71 | Diabetes, Gangrene | Winterville, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Clarke County, Georgia |
Mollie | Ruderselle | Retired | Caucasian | Female | 69 | Pneumonia | Winterville, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Winterville, Georgia |
Marie E | Branch | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 70 | Cancer | 598 Prince Ave | McDorman Bridges Co. | Savannah, Georgia |
Ollie Ophelia | Couch | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 37 | Unknown | Jefferson, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Bogart, Georgia |
Willie A. | Draper | Caucasian | Male | 49 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | McDorman Bridges Co. | Bogart, Georgia |