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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Mack | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 67 | Heart, Dropsy | Strong St & Foundry St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Charlie | Nickerson | Cotton Seed Work | African American | Male | 18 | Bronchitis | Grove St & Oconee St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Francis | Smithe | Laborer | African American | Female | 45 | Diabetes | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Earnest | Beigths | Laborer | African American | Male | 21 | Accident (car) | 520 N Peter St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Cadelia | Huff | Cook | African American | Female | 75 | Hemmorhage, Brain | 520 Prince Ave | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Susie | Layne | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Marasmus | 420 N Peter St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Gussie | Reese | Laborer | African American | Female | 80 | Heart, Nephritis | Baker St & Fairview St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Sam | Vergius | Laborer | African American | Male | 55 | Nephritis | 1142 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Kilmard | Dillard | Housework | African American | Female | 62 | Heart, Nephritis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Sarah | Haward | Farmer | African American | Female | 74 | Dropsy | Barnett Shoals Rd & Lexington Rd | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spaulding Cemetery |
Ben | Jones | Laborer | African American | Male | 55 | Paralysis | 243 Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Nixon | African American | Female | Stillborn | Grove St & Oconee St | Buried by grand father [family] | Spaulding Cemetery | |||
Essie | Steed | Cook | African American | Female | Tuberculosis | 125 Green St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Annie | Clarke | Cook | African American | Female | 38 | Nephritis | North Ave & Willow St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Alarnza | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 15 | Tuberculosis | 1032 W Reese St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
L.D. | Merrett | African American | Male | 7 | Heart | 280 S Peter St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Frank | Sims | Laborer | African American | Male | 62 | Pneumonia | Pittard Rd & Old Elberton Rd | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spaulding Cemetery |
Robt. | Williams | Laborer | African American | Male | 22 | Nephritis, Heart | 161 Willow St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Emily | Finch | Laborer | African American | Female | 45 | Paralysis | 187 Fairview St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Malinda | Heard | African American | Female | 80 | Paralysis | 695 Vine St | W. P. Hopson | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Catherine | Lane | African American | Female | 0 | Marasmus | 420 N Peter St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Luke | Oliver | Laborer | African American | Male | 41 | Gun | 186 Vine St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Henry | Strickland | Laborer | African American | Male | 57 | Apoplexy | 185 N Peter St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Lou | Cleveland | Farmer | African American | Female | 75 | Pneumonia | 761 N Chase St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Rosa Lee Jena | Finley | African American | Female | 0 | Infection | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Claudia | Johnson | Housewife | African American | Female | 32 | Malnutrition | Winterville Rd & Lexington Rd | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spaulding Cemetery |
Reo. | Mitchel | African American | Male | 0 | Heart | 1475 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Ellen | Smith | Housework | African American | Female | 55 | Paralysis | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Amanda | Winkfield | Laborer | African American | Female | 41 | Stomach | 463 Oak St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Nelie | Holder | Laborer | African American | Female | 45 | Paralysis, Apoplexy | 840 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Jennie Mae | Lane | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | 335 Arch St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Bailey | Pope | Laborer | African American | Male | 58 | Paralysis | 448 Georgia Dr. | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spaulding Cemetery |
Lucy Allen | Stricklyn | Housework | African American | Female | 20 | Female | 483 Third St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Marie | Collins | African American | Female | 7 | Diphtheria | 228 Fairview St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Richard | Glenn | Laborer | African American | Male | 85 | Nephritis | 144 Willow St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
James L. | Johnson | African American | Male | 0 | Neonatal | Chicago, IL | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Ada | Neal | Cook | African American | Female | 28 | Unknown | 1750 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
John Lewis | Smith | Child | African American | Male | 2 | Pneumonia | Oconee St & Grove St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Rosa J. | Barnett | Student | African American | Female | 8 | Pneumonia | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Bolton M | Crocker | Driver | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Apoplexy | Spartanburg, SC | Bernstein Brothers | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
L.C. | Mcmillan | Supplier | Caucasian | Male | 48 | Suicide (gun) | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Oliver | Busch | Laborer | African American | Male | 31 | Heart, Nephritis | 1298 Oconee St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spalding County, Georgia |
Julia | Jinkins | Housework | African American | Female | 32 | Gun | 133 2nd St | Bernstein Brothers | South Carolina |
Commodore Decatur | Caffee | Store Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 69 | Arteries | Atlanta, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Soule Cemetery in Swanquarter, North Carolina |
Stella H. | Burton | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 50 | Cancer | 197 W Hancock Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Smithville, Georgia |
Heneritta | Peeks | African American | Female | 1 | Dysentery | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | Smith Cemetery | |
James O. | Simmons | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 77 | Heart | Danielsville Rd & Collins Ind Blvd | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Simmons Family Cemetery |
L. J. | Vonderau | Caucasian | Female | 85 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | Siloam, Georgia | |
Nettie | Ray | Cook | African American | Female | 52 | Bright's Disease | 483 3rd St | Mack and Payne | Shoal Creek Cemetery |
Bertie Lou | Crow | Caucasian | Female | Stillborn | 763 Pulaski St | Bernstein Brothers | Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery | ||
Tom | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 33 | Accident (drowning) | Broad St & Paris St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Mary Jane | Winfrey | Farmer | African American | Female | 17 | Heart, Nephritis | 4180 Jefferson Rd. | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
R. D. | Lumpkin | Student | African American | Male | 13 | Accident (gun) | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Ema | Davenport | Farmer | African American | Female | 60 | Stomach | 183 Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Anna | Robinson | Farmer | African American | Female | 56 | Influenza | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Marie | Jackson | African American | Female | 1 | Malnutrition | Ruth St & Lake St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Melia | Thrasher | Laborer | African American | Female | 65 | Arteries, Apoplexy | 130 Green St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Allen | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 55 | Paralysis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Juber | Turner | Farmer | African American | Male | 76 | Bright's Disease | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Fernie | Lowe | Cook | African American | Female | 63 | Paralysis | 226 N Rocksprings St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Jim | Winkfield | Reverend | African American | Male | 49 | Abscess, nephritis | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Ella | Morton | Laundress | African American | Female | 67 | Pellagra | 272 N Newton St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Coroline | Jackson | Farmer | African American | Female | 58 | Nephritis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
W. T. | Sims | Farmer | African American | Male | 20 | Accident (car) | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Emma | Jeffery | African American | Female | 68 | Paralysis, Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
West | Thrasher | Farmer | African American | Male | 54 | Heart | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Lena | Benfood | Housework | African American | Female | 34 | Tuberculosis, Pellagra | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Shady Dale, Georgia |
Mattie | Anderson | Laundress | African American | Female | 26 | Uremia | 150 S Newton St | W. P. Hopson | Shady Dale, Georgia |
Johnson | Binford | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Cancer | Prince Ave & N Finley St | Bernstein Brothers | Shady Dale, Georgia |
Anderson | African American | Female | Stillborn | 150 S Newton St | W. P. Hopson | Shady Dale, Georgia | |||
Harrry J. | Reid | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 35 | Cancer | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Senoia, Georgia |
Annie King | Davis | Teacher | Caucasian | Female | 44 | Diabetes | 491 Hill St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Searcy, Arkansas |
Marie E | Branch | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 70 | Cancer | 598 Prince Ave | McDorman Bridges Co. | Savannah, Georgia |
George | Bacon | Laborer | African American | Male | 51 | Nephritis | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | Lomax & Morton | Savannah, Georgia |
Nannie Lou | Callaway | Teacher | Caucasian | Female | 33 | Strep Throat | LaFayette, Walker County, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery |
Eberhart | African American | Female | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Sandy Cross Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
John Henry | Westley | Student | African American | Male | 13 | Stomach | Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Salem, Georgia |
Henry R. | Thrasher | Student | Caucasian | Male | 6 | Meningitis | 1253 Prince Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Salem, Georgia |
Reese | Thompson | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Neonatal | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | Salem Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Herbert | Johnson | Barber | African American | Male | 1 | Colitis | 684 S Church St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Saint Matthew Baptist Church Cemetery |
Marthia | King | Farmer | African American | Female | 50 | Brain, Hemmorhage | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Edw. | Veal | African American | Male | 0 | Teething | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Jim | Haze | Farmer | African American | Male | 50 | Apoplexy | North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Amandia | Pitman | Farmer | African American | Female | 22 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
William | Bush | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Williams | African American | Female | Stillborn | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Geral B | Heard | Farmer | African American | Male | 31 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Swiff | Stevens | Farmer | African American | Male | 55 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Hopie | Glenn | Housework | African American | Female | 80 | Pneumonia | 158 Strickland Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Thelma | Hopkins | African American | Female | 0 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Will Neal [individual] | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Mary An | Stricklyn | Laborer | African American | Female | 54 | Heart, Nephritis | 150 Strickland St | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
William | Harper | Teacher | African American | Male | 48 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Dock | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 66 | Bright's Disease, Heart | Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
James | Thomas | Farmer | African American | Male | 21 | Tuberculosis | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Jane | Harris | African American | Female | 86 | Cancer, Old Age | Danielsville Rd & Collins Ind Blvd | B. Dunaway and Sons | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Bush | African American | Male | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | [Nothing Listed] | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Sabe | Moon | Farmer | African American | Male | 79 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Ruby | Wheeler | Farmer | African American | Female | 17 | Bronchitis | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
George Clarke | Heard | Farmer | African American | Male | 59 | Typhoid fever | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Earnest | Simmons | African American | Male | 2 | Diphtheria | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |