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
Carrie Kinnebrew African American Male 46 Pneumonia N Hull St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
William Edward Anthony Caucasian Male 0 Accident (fire) Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Carl Sims African American Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] J. T. Griffith New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Thos. Kemp African American Male 2 Pneumonia 160 Strickland Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Harris African American Male 0 Brain, Abscess 240 S Thomas St W. P. Hopson Maxeys, Georgia
Corene Odoms African American Female 2 Diphtheria Lyndon St & Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Stokes African American Female Premature [Unknown Address] No Undertaker (Pauper) [family] Athens, Georgia
Emory Jane Barnett African American Female 1 Accident (fire) [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie A. Draper Caucasian Male 49 Heart [Unknown Address] McDorman Bridges Co. Bogart, Georgia
Ann C. Pratus Caucasian Female 85 Pneumonia 1385 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Marion Mason Smith Caucasian Male Stillborn Hoyt St & N Jackson St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
J T Huff African American Male 1 Colitis 876 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Ralph E. Bishop Caucasian Male 1 Poisoning Georgia Ave & Normal Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Family Burial Ground
Margrette Pike Caucasian Female 0 Meningitis Easy St & Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Louis Gaddis Caucasian Male 0 Marasmus 279 N Lumpkin St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
L. J. Vonderau Caucasian Female 85 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Siloam, Georgia
Gladys Morse African American Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Wade African American Female Stillborn 349 Meigs St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Bolton African American Male Premature birth 167 Savannah Ave Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Carl Adams Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 880 College Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Bowman, Georgia
Bush African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
James Hartman Lee Caucasian Male 0 Stomach Whitehall, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Whitehall, Georgia
Marion P. Beal Caucasian Female 37 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers London, Ontario, Canada
Christian Caucasian Male 0 Starvation [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Barrow County, Georgia
Elnora Lungkins African American Female 10 Diphtheria Athens Ave & Macon Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Francis Faust African American Female 2 Diphtheria [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Fork Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Mobley African American Female 0 Neonatal 1473 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
A. C. Gray African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Nathaniel Roach Mulatto Male 0 Pneumonia Winterville Rd & Spring Valley Rd Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lemar Augusta Hector African American Male 0 Pneumonia 137 Cain St Mack and Payne Watkinsville, Georgia
Virginia Davenport African American Female 1 Stomach N Chase St & Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co.
Elizabeth Willis African American Female Premature 540 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Parent [family] Athens, Georgia
Alma Madaline Nix Caucasian Female 0 Stomach Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Clouds Creek Cemetery
Willis Caucasian Male Premature 360 N Milledge Ave. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Alberta Kinny African American Female 0 Pneumonia North Ave & Willow St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Emily Sims African American Female 0 Whooping cough Winterville, GA Lon Sims [father] [family] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Marree Flournoy African American Female 24 Nephritis 515 Reese St Mack and Payne Madison County, Georgia
Hill African American Male 0 Premature birth Hoyt St & North Jackson St Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Anna Elizabeth Osborne African American Female 0 Birth North Avenue & Spring Ct Dunbar & Dorsey Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Robert Pearson African American Male 0 Premature 150 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Stone African American Male Stillborn 1253 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Dorthy Lee Brown African American Female 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Randolph Brothers Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Allen Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth 450 Nachoochee Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Todd Caucasian Male [??] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Joe Booth Caucasian Male Stillborn Barrow St & Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Lillie J. Haper African American Female 2 Diphtheria 190 Indale Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Zella B. Hale Caucasian Female 2 Measles [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
Rhew May Hawkins African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Will Roberson [individual] Family Burial Ground
Mattie Garrison Caucasian Female 67 Paralysis E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Irene Morse African American Female 5 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Everline Wade African American Female 1 [Unknown Address] By Ben Walker D
Hugh Mckay Caucasian Male 78 Apoplexy, Paralysis 360 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Greenville, South Carolina
Walker African American Female 0 Premature 1693 E Broad St Levi Walker [father] [family] Athens, Georgia
William Bush African American Male 0 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Francis Joseph Mcganigle Caucasian Male Stillborn, Premature 794 Hancock Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Chester Redfield Whitehead African American Male 1 Accident (fire) [Unknown Address] None [Family] Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Jessie Stroud African American Male 85 Natural Causes [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons
Johnson African American Male Stillborn 694 Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Clara Joyce Lord Caucasian Female 0 Stomach Satula Ave & Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. High Shoals, Georgia
Smith African American Female Stillborn Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Brooklyn Cemetery
Creacues African American Female Stillborn E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Eberhart African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Jim Eberhart [father] [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Laura Elder African American Female 78 Uremia, Stomach 431 N Peter St Bernstein Brothers
Hardeman Wilson African American Male 0 Abscess, Brain Strong St & Foundry St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Henry Evans African American Male 50 Appendicitis 166 Paris St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Rudell Green African American Male Unknown 437 3rd St B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
William Henry Calloway African American Male 1 Whooping cough Epps Bridge Rd. & Timothy RD Dunbar & Dunaway East Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Eliza W. Neal Caucasian Female 89 Old Age 797 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sarah Bailey Caucasian Female 75 Heart, Bright's Disease S Hull St & W Wray St Dorsey Furniture Co. Winterville, Georgia
Bryant Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Hill African American Female Stillborn 220 Pearl St Parents buried baby [family] Athens, Georgia
Kinney African American Male Stillborn S Finley St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Clarke County, Georgia
Albert Wm. Allen Caucasian Male 0 Colitis 124 Bryan St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mille Finch Caucasian Female 74 Old Age Bogart, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Bogart, Georgia
Duthrege Caucasian Female Stillborn Bryan St & N Chase St Pauper buried by J. H. [Be??on] [??ton] Athens, Georgia
Frank Hendrix Caucasian Male 0 [??] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
Maseys African American Male Stillborn 194 Macon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Mary Annette Garvin Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
M. E. Parker Caucasian Female 71 Rheumatism [Unknown Address] Hemperley Undertaking Company Madison County, Georgia
Heneritta Peeks African American Female 1 Dysentery [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Smith Cemetery
Jackson African American Female 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Sam Wyche [individual] Place near family house
W.N. Hilley Caucasian Female 67 Cancer 275 Bloomfield St Dunbar & Dorsey Bowman, Georgia
Rosa Lee Fleming African American Female 0 Dysentery Athens, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Mcgarrigle Caucasian Male 0 Premature Castalia Ave & Oakland Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Demous Nation Caucasian Male 0 Dysentery, Stomach 175 Inglewood Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Whitehall, Georgia
Jessie Glinn African American Female 48 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Jerolene Hulson African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Buried by parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Byrd Lee Hill Moss Caucasian Female 57 Cancer 197 Carlton Terrace Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Turner Hillyer African American Male 88 Old Age Athens, GA Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Jackalean Scarbrough Caucasian Female 0 Unknown, Natural Causes Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers Allensville, Georgia
Jane Carey African American Female 77 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Billups Grove Cemetery
Clarence Lord Caucasian Male 0 Stomach Satula Ave & Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. High Shoals, Georgia
Smith African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Whitehead Caucasian Male Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Eberhart African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Jim Eberhart [father] [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Thomas Griffen African American Male 26 Abscess 515 Reese St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Martha Wilson Caucasian Female 0 Heart Winterville Rd & Lexington Rd Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rhoda Barnett African American Female 0 Premature birth Winterville, GA by family Winterville, Georgia
Hill African American Female Stillborn 215 N Pope St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Martha Mary Ann Kittle Caucasian Female 0 Premature 1398 E Broad St McDorman Bridges Co. Clarke County, Georgia

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