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 Occupationsort descending Race Sex Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Bryant Caucasian Male 0 Suffocation Athens, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Lavinia C. Hutchinson Caucasian Female 79 Influenza, Stomach 627 Waddell St Dunbar & Dorsey Westminster, South Carolina
L. Y. A. Blackwell Caucasian Female 80 Heart, Pneumonia 575 Harris St Dorsey Furniture Co. Hartwell, Georgia
St. Johns Caucasian Male Stillborn, Unknown 731 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Giles Caucasian Male 0 Heart 173 Virginia Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Linton, Georgia
Bertie Lou Crow Caucasian Female Stillborn 763 Pulaski St Bernstein Brothers Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
R. D. Mure Caucasian Female 77 Heart 125 Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Magnolia Cemetery
Enoch Prather Caucasian Male 70 Heart 380 Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Abbie May Moore African American Female 4 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ellen A. Crawford Caucasian Female 84 Apoplexy 560 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Mandy Kidd Caucasian Female 42 Tuberculosis 498 N Peter St Dunbar & Dunaway Whitehall, Georgia
Johnson African American Male Stillborn 270 Atlanta Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Earnest Lee Holmes Caucasian Male 5 Stomach 147 Tibbetts St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Elberhart African American Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
James Bazzell African American Male 5 Rabies [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Howard Hayes African American Male 0 [??] 1679 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
John Lance Branch Caucasian Male 36 Accident (car) 156 Grady Ave Bernstein Brothers Greene County, Georgia
Sanders African American Female Stillborn, Premature Reese St & N Milledge Ave City of Athens County Pauper Farm
Puks African American Male Stillborn Athens, GA Geo. Henry Puck Parent [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Coleman Caucasian Male Stillborn Park Ave & Easy St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Dora Smith African American Female 36 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Malone African American Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] Gus Johnson [individual] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
James Mote Caucasian Male 0 Stomach 196 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Lemar Olive African American Male 2 Diphtheria Baker St & Fairview St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
R C Payne Caucasian Female 81 Old Age Athens, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Pat Lee African American Male 70 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne
Lucy May Pulliam African American Female 2 Colitis S Church St & Peabody St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Janie B Lester African American Female 0 Influenza Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Steve Stanley Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia Washington D.C. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Francis Magnolia Smith African American Female 0 Brain Athens, GA [Nothing Listed] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Andrew Stroud African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Pinson Caucasian Female Stillborn 360 Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Hazel Louise Horton African American Female 0 Pneumonia Athens, GA Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Claudine Jackson Striger Caucasian Female 0 Whooping cough [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Gainesville, Georgia
Austin African American Male Stillborn 170 N Finley St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Cash African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jasper T Bryant Caucasian Male 92 Old Age 173 Wilkerson St Bernstein Brothers Statham, Georgia
Denny Caucasian Male Stillborn 199 Ruth St Dunbar & Dorsey Commerce, Georgia
Minnie B. Smith African American Female 0 Fever [Unknown Address] C. V. Morris and Sons
Cross Caucasian Male Stillborn 1697 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Landrum Caucasian Male 0 Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Whitehall, Georgia
H. T. Griffith Caucasian Male 0 Poisoning [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Alonza Johnson African American Male 1 Stomach 140 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Nellie Bell Deadwyler African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Zion Cemetery
Epps Caucasian Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] J. W. Epps [father] [family] Madison County, Georgia
Henry Scott African American Male 0 Stillborn 137 Odd St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Malinda Heard African American Female 80 Paralysis 695 Vine St W. P. Hopson Spaulding Cemetery
Mary Julia Dillard Caucasian Female 2 Colitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Ethel Lene Bonds African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers
Hudson African American Female Stillborn Athens, GA Will Horton [individual] Clarke County, Georgia
Chester Leroy Harris African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Watkinsville, Georgia
Pearl Bullock Caucasian Female 1 Croup [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Thompson Burroughs Cemetery
Ula B. Coalman African American Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Stanhope Erwin Caucasian Male [??] San Francisco, CA Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Leroy Parks Caucasian Male 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Lawrencevile, Georgia
Clement Walker African American Male 0 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Callie Dowdy African American Female 20 Stomach, Marasmus Whitehall, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Annie Lee Hayes African American Female 0 Pneumonia 348 1st St B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Tom Bank African American Male 45 Periostitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Dorothy Parnell Caucasian Female 0 Diphtheria N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wallace Parnell Caucasian Male 12 Gun N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ann C. Pratus Caucasian Female 85 Pneumonia 1385 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Thos. Kemp African American Male 2 Pneumonia 160 Strickland Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Evelyn M. Osborn Caucasian Female 59 Apoplexy Normal Ave & Georgia Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Mars Hill Church Cemetery
Ruby Mcclain Caucasian Female 23 Tuberculosis 173 Bryant St B. Dunaway and Sons Hartwell, Georgia
Hall Caucasian Female Stillborn 293 Hoyt St Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Marion P. Beal Caucasian Female 37 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers London, Ontario, Canada
William O. Terrell African American Male 0 Syphilis Hendrix Ave & Pulaski Heights B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
L. J. Vonderau Caucasian Female 85 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Siloam, Georgia
Nellie Elizabeth Smith Caucasian Female 0 Colitis North Ave & Madison Heights Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
A. C. Whelchel Caucasian Female 83 Old Age Dearing St & N Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Gainesville, Georgia
Dolittle African American Male 0 Premature birth 270 Satula Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Mars Hill Cemetery
Bush African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Gladys Morse African American Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
James Hartman Lee Caucasian Male 0 Stomach Whitehall, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Whitehall, Georgia
Amous William Jeffery African American Male 0 Food poisoning Athens, GA Gadsen Jeffery [father] [family] Oconee County, Georgia
Piety Lou Ector African American Female 42 Surgery, Female, Stomach 293 S Finley St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Futcher Caucasian Male 0 [??] Cemetery St & East Campus Road Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Brown African American Male Stillborn 128 Odd St Pauper, no undertaker; J. H. Booth, health officer
Sallie Maude Hawks African American Female 10 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Watkinsville, Georgia
Carl Sims African American Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] J. T. Griffith New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Shipp Caucasian Male 0 Premature 228 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Powers Caucasian Male Stillborn 1093 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Covington, Georgia
Eberhart African American Female Premature birth [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Sandy Cross Baptist Church Cemetery
William Edward Anthony Caucasian Male 0 Accident (fire) Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Charlie Little African American Male 0 Convulsions 167 Odd St Dunbar & Dunaway Brooklyn Cemetery
John Davis Owens African American Male 7 Typhoid fever, Whooping Cough 337 1st St Bernstein Brothers Bishop, Georgia
Willie B. Dozier African American Male 0 Fire, Surgery 1387 W Hancock Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Fred E. Coleman Caucasian Male 3 Marasmus 153 Bryan St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Henry Young African American Male 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Todd Caucasian Male [??] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Lester Mcdaniel Caucasian Male 3 Diphtheria 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dorsey Furniture Co. Crooked Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Clara Stephens Caucasian Female 10 Pneumonia 146 Bryan St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Tillman African American Female Stillborn 900 Henderson Extension No undertaker Family burial Brooklyn Cemetery
Paul Smith African American Male 0 Seizures [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lillie J. Haper African American Female 2 Diphtheria 190 Indale Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
C. J. Williams Caucasian Male 90 Old Age, Paralysis, Heart 237 Burnett St Dunbar & Dorsey Gainesville, Georgia
Mattie Hill African American Female 0 Natural causes [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Henry Clark African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia

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