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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Wm. H. | Harper | Teacher | African American | Male | 48 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's 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 | |
Geral B | Heard | Farmer | African American | Male | 31 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Williams | African American | Female | Stillborn | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Dora | Hightower | Housewife | African American | Female | 28 | Nephritis | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Saint Luke AME Cemetery |
Emma | Sims | Housework | African American | Female | 60 | Paralysis | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Luke AME Cemetery |
Hawkins | African American | Male | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Saint Luke AME Cemetery | ||
Annie | Jones | Farmer | African American | Female | 28 | Bright's Disease, dropsy | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Luke AME Cemetery |
Lucy | Wychs | Housework | African American | Female | 48 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Saint Luke AME Cemetery |
Lizzie | Christerphor | African American | Female | 0 | Food poisoning | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | Saint Luke AME Cemetery | |
Francis E. | Burns | Student | Caucasian | Male | 26 | Tuberculosis | 698 Cobb St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Saint John's Cemetery in Pawling, New York |
Edward A. | Lampkin | Physician | Caucasian | Male | 57 | Tuberculosis | 230 DuBose Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Ryan-Nance Cemetery |
Anna | Moon | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 85 | Dysentery | 230 DuBose Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Ryan-Nance Cemetery |
George | Harrison | Caucasian | Male | 68 | Cancer | E Broad St & N Thomas St | Bernstein Brothers | Rutledge, Georgia | |
Effie | Jones | Housewife | African American | Female | 23 | Nephritis | E Broad St & Hickory St | Mack and Payne | Royston, Georgia |
Marshal C. | Watson | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 74 | Stomach | 327 Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Royston, Georgia |
Renie | Clark | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 23 | Injury | Lexington, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Royston, Georgia |
Jane | Hill | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 79 | Old Age | 169 Bryan St | Bernstein Brothers | Royston, Georgia |
James A. | Pierce | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 94 | Stomach | E Dougherty St & College Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Royston, Georgia |
Ginn | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Hemmorhage, Brain | 797 Cobb St | Bernstein Brothers | Royston, Georgia | ||
Dora W. | Gordon | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 31 | Female | Woodville, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Round Oak, Georgia |
Susan Sikes | Harper | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 66 | Stomach | Winder, GA | C. M. Ferguson [individual] | Ross Chapel Cemetery |
Emma Blanch | Barken | Caucasian | Female | Stillborn | 450 Strong St | Bernstein Brothers | Ross Chapel Cemetery | ||
C. E. | Guest | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 36 | Stomach | 797 Cobb St | Bernstein Brothers | Rose Hill Cemetery |
Grafton | Junkin | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 48 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Rome, Georgia |
Jeanett | Barton | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Colitis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Rome, Georgia | |
Josephine Lewis | Hammond | Caucasian | Female | 45 | Appendix, Surgery, Infection, Pneumonia | Monroe, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Rest Haven Cemetery | |
Lena Virginia | Adams | Caucasian | Female | 2 | Stomach | E Dougherty St & College Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Rehoboth Baptist Cemetery | |
Hugh H | Brown | Child | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd | Dunbar & Dorsey | Rehoboth Baptist Cemetery |
Minnie E. | Gugary | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 51 | Uremia | 569 Meigs St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Rays Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery |
Fred | Heard | Laborer | African American | Male | 30 | Tuberculosis | 115 N Newton St | Bernstein Brothers | Rayle, Georgia |
Paul | Smith | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 31 | Homicide (gun) | Baker St & Fairview St | Bernstein Brothers | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Harry Linden | Warren | Book Binder | Caucasian | Male | 43 | Heart | 247 W Dougherty St | Bernstein Brothers | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Sidney | Griffith | Laborer | African American | Male | 25 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Putnam County, Georgia |
J. R. | Hale | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 52 | Pneumonia | 620 Barber St | Bernstein Brothers | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
J.W. | Nixon | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 34 | Typhoid fever | Winterville Rd & Lexington Rd | B. Dunaway and Sons | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
John W. | Collin | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 67 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Ann C. | Pratus | Caucasian | Female | 85 | Pneumonia | 1385 Prince Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery | |
Leila | Dial | Store Clerk | Caucasian | Female | 35 | Cancer | 597 Baxter St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Belena B. | Hale | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 54 | Pellagra | Winterville, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Ora C. | Kendrick | Teacher | Caucasian | Female | 55 | Cancer | 327 Oglethorpe Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Emma A. | Collier | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 58 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
R C | Payne | Caucasian | Female | 81 | Old Age | Athens, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery | |
Henry | Dellinger | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 80 | Old Age | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Todd | Caucasian | Male | [??] | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery | |||
Hale | Caucasian | Female | Stillborn, Premature | N Chase St & Boulevard | Dunbar & Dorsey | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery | |||
T Charlotte | Hunter | Farmer | African American | Female | 85 | Stomach | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Princeton Factory |
Candis | Wallace | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 60 | Asthma | Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
Tom | Richards | Plumber | Caucasian | Male | 46 | Tuberculosis | 185 Poplar St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Princeton Factory |
Elizebeth E. | Bramblett | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 78 | Old Age | Old Princeton Road | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
Wm. | Jones | African American | Male | 0 | Malnurtition | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |
Wood | Caucasian | Male | Premature | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |||
Wm. | Royster | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 21 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
J. P. | Couch | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 58 | Pneumonia, Surgery | 181 Hiawassee Ave | B. Dunaway and Sons | Princeton Factory |
T C | Mead | Jeweler | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Brain | 865 Boulevard | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
Dorthy | Allen | Caucasian | Female | 2 | Bronchitis | 648 Nantahala Ave | B. Dunaway and Sons | Princeton Factory | |
Lucius Gordon | Sims | Student | Caucasian | Male | 5 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
Futcher | Caucasian | Male | 0 | [??] | Cemetery St & East Campus Road | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | ||
Viola | Parr | Office Work | Caucasian | Female | 23 | Female | 1589 S Lumpkin St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Princeton Factory |
J. Tom | Beazley | Guard | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Apoplexy | College Ave & E Broad St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Princeton Factory |
Carrie | Howard | Farmer | African American | Female | 3 | Pneumonia | Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy | Mack and Payne | Princeton Factory |
Cal | Thomas | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 48 | Stomach | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
Lela | Pledge | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 41 | Nephritis | 189 Miles St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Princeton Factory |
John C. | Boles | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 59 | Infection | Athens, GA | B. Dunaway and Sons | Princeton Factory |
Rosa Emerline | Jackson | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 32 | Infection | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
Clyde | Waters | Caucasian | Female | 24 | Tuberculosis | Old Princeton Road | Dunbar & Dunaway | Princeton Factory | |
Billie | Royster | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Convulsions | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |
Couch | Caucasian | Female | Stillborn | 345 Hiawassee Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |||
Loring | Caucasian | Female | Stillborn | 760 Barber St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Princeton Factory | |||
Burnice | Sims | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Colitis | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |
Mary Julia | Dillard | Caucasian | Female | 2 | Colitis | Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |
Elizabeth | Nolan | Caucasian | Female | 93 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | B. Dunaway and Sons | Princeton Factory | |
Will Curtis | Barber | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Colitis | Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |
Floyd F. | Stephens | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Stomach | 186 Park Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory | |
Sarah | Hembrick | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 72 | Paralysis | Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Princeton Factory |
J. L. | Patterson | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 73 | Bright's Disease | Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
James Carlon | Blair | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 65 | Heart, Paralysis | 145 S Popler St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Princeton Factory |
Edwin C. | Poss | Police | Caucasian | Male | 43 | Heart | 735 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Poss-McLeroy Family Cemetery |
D. F. | Whitehead | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 81 | Apoplexy | 296 N Lumpkin St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Porterfield Cemetery |
Hubert | Daniels | Caucasian | Male | 2 | Diphtheria | 1228 E Broad St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Porterdale, Georgia | |
Tom | Pape | Laborer | African American | Male | 26 | Tuberculosis | Bishop, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Pope Slave Cemetery |
Gertrude | Pope | Laborer | African American | Female | 32 | Tuberculosis | 320 Glenhaven Ave | Mack and Payne | Pope Slave Cemetery |
Annie | Pope | Farmer | African American | Female | 50 | Nephritis | Mitchell Bridge Rd & Atlanta Highway | Mack and Payne | Pope Slave Cemetery |
T C | Wall | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 71 | Hernia | Statham, GA | Clark, Wall and Arnold | Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
G.D. (Diek) | Bawman | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 37 | Homicide | Statham, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
Cortis | Williams | Caucasian | Male | 6 | Typhoid Fever | 298 Baldwin St | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery | |
William Thomas | Wellingham | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 75 | Paralysis, [??] | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
J.N. | Woods | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 81 | Influenza | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
George W. | Crawford | Caucasian | Male | 71 | Heart | North Avenue & Spring | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Martha | Glenn | Retired | Caucasian | Female | 82 | Paralysis | North Avenue & Spring | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
William J. | Glenn | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 63 | Heart | North Avenue & Spring | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Florence Inez | Hardigree | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Asthma | 183 New Ave | Dunbar & Dunaway | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Gennie Alice | Norman | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 39 | [??] | 457 Baldwin St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Willie B. | Dotson | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | 124 Bryan St | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
W J | Glenn | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 50 | Infection | North Avenue & Spring | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Lucy | Gordon | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 75 | Infection | Hull, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |