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
Fred E. Coleman Caucasian Male 3 Marasmus 153 Bryan St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Willie A. Draper Caucasian Male 49 Heart [Unknown Address] McDorman Bridges Co. Bogart, Georgia
Powers Caucasian Male Stillborn 1093 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Covington, Georgia
Stone African American Male Stillborn 1253 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Harriett Johnson Caucasian Female 61 Stomach, Heart Pound St & Boulevard Dunbar & Dunaway Knoxville, Tennessee
Dorthy Lee Brown African American Female 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Randolph Brothers Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Lester Mcdaniel Caucasian Male 3 Diphtheria 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dorsey Furniture Co. Crooked Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Cristine Harper African American Female Diphtheria [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Sarah Pittard Caucasian Female 84 Old Age [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Henry Young African American Male 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Joe Booth Caucasian Male Stillborn Barrow St & Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
V Adelada Peebles Caucasian Female 85 Heart, Pneumonia 560 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
C. J. Williams Caucasian Male 90 Old Age, Paralysis, Heart 237 Burnett St Dunbar & Dorsey Gainesville, Georgia
Mattie Garrison Caucasian Female 67 Paralysis E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jones Caucasian Female Stillborn 257 Woodlawn Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Paul Smith African American Male 0 Seizures [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Walker African American Female 0 Premature 1693 E Broad St Levi Walker [father] [family] Athens, Georgia
Lucy V. Matthews Caucasian Female 75 Bright's Disease, Heart 1073 Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clarissa C. Dorsey Caucasian Female 63 Uremia 235 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Athens, Georgia
John Mac Brown African American Male 0 Marasmus 114 South Rocksprings St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Seymour Caucasian Female 0 Premature [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Athens, Georgia
Marie Collins African American Female 7 Diphtheria 228 Fairview St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Charllie Daniel African American Male 0 Pneumonia 161 Valley St Mack and Payne Madison, Georgia
Roach Caucasian Male Premature 253 Satula Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jessie Stroud African American Male 85 Natural Causes [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons
Ora C. Buedon African American Male 0 Marasmus Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy & Hobson Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
A. C. Gray African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Jack Mcdonald Caucasian Male 18 Homicide (gun) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Elizabeth Willis African American Female Premature 540 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Parent [family] Athens, Georgia
Virginia Davenport African American Female 1 Stomach N Chase St & Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co.
Willis Caucasian Male Premature 360 N Milledge Ave. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Janette Coleman Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Park Ave & Easy St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Jennie Mae Lane African American Female 0 Premature 335 Arch St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Hale Caucasian Female Stillborn, Premature N Chase St & Boulevard Dunbar & Dorsey Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Nash Caucasian Male 0 Natural causes 239 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Eugenia Ann Jackson Caucasian Female 0 Premature 396 Oconee St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Pittard African American Male 0 Premature 246 N Pope St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
James Neery Bales Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 220 Peter St Dorsey Furniture Co. Crooked Creek Cemetery
Johnson African American Female Stillborn 217 N Chase St Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
W.N. Hilley Caucasian Female 67 Cancer 275 Bloomfield St Dunbar & Dorsey Bowman, Georgia
Callie B. Sneldith Caucasian Female 31 Pneumonia, Influenza Strong St & N Jackson St B. Dunaway and Sons Penfield, Georgia
Cheney African American Female 19 Dropsy Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd Dunbar & Dunaway Oconee Heights Cemetery
Mary Annette Garvin Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Lizzie Christerphor African American Female 0 Food poisoning [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Luke AME Cemetery
Henry Evans African American Male 50 Appendicitis 166 Paris St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Hale Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
Ruphus Webb African American Male 2 Dysentery Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave Mack and Payne Clarke County, Georgia
Williams African American Female Stillborn Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Hardeman Wilson African American Male 0 Abscess, Brain Strong St & Foundry St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Laura Elder African American Female 78 Uremia, Stomach 431 N Peter St Bernstein Brothers
Mille Finch Caucasian Female 74 Old Age Bogart, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Bogart, Georgia
Loysey Clark African American Male 23 Gun Winterville, GA Mack and Payne Crawford, Georgia
Shackelford Caucasian Male Premature [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Zelma Robinson African American Female 0 Natural causes [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Hull, Georgia
Elsie Cicalia Jahlin Caucasian Female 4 Nephritis 153 Vine St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Plummer African American Male Stillborn W Broad St & S Milledge Ave By parents [family] Athens, Georgia
George D. Daniel Caucasian Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Daniell-Freeman Cemetery
John Johnson African American Male 55 Gangrene E Hancock Ave & N Lumpkin St B. Dunaway and Sons Winterville, Georgia
Anne Peters Caucasian Female 0 Lungs 797 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Anthony B. Cheney African American Male 0 Cholera Athens, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Oconee Heights Cemetery
Joe B. Thurmond African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Johnnie Merriweather African American Male 5 Accident (car) 268 N Thomas St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Susan Gerdine Caucasian Female 72 Uremia Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hawkins African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Saint Luke AME Cemetery
Newton Johnson African American Male 0 Unknown Athens, GA Mack and Payne Jackson County, Georgia
Edna Mcclain Caucasian Female 21 Anemia 154 Park Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Arion Tiller African American Female 3 Accident (fire) [Unknown Address] Jno Hutchinson [individual] Winterville, Georgia
Jane Carey African American Female 77 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Billups Grove Cemetery
Mary M. Dickens Caucasian Female 87 Old Age Boulevard & N Chase St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Edwards Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Haynie Family Cemetery
Turner Hillyer African American Male 88 Old Age Athens, GA Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Byrd Lee Hill Moss Caucasian Female 57 Cancer 197 Carlton Terrace Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
M.J. Epting Caucasian Female 78 Cancer W Cloverhurst Ave & S Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Williamston, South Carolina
Mcwhorter African American Female Stillborn 255 1st St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Martha Wilson Caucasian Female 0 Heart Winterville Rd & Lexington Rd Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Farris Layne African American Male 0 Stillborn 420 N Peter St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Gladys Irene Strickland Caucasian Female 1 Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Curtis Flanagan African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Flanagan [father] [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Lodis Cooper African American Female 0 Pneumonia 1668 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Pope African American Male Stillborn 1385 W Hancock Ave Parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Waie Smith Caucasian Female 82 Arthritis 200 N Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Daniell Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Geo Daniell [father] [family] Daniell-Freeman Cemetery
Mary L. Johnson African American Female 50 Cancer 147 Burnett St B. Dunaway and Sons New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Autry Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] No undertaker, buried by parent [family] Cleveland, Georgia
Ted Bowden Caucasian Male 1 Brain Pulaski St & Barrow St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hayel Constantane Petropal Caucasian Female 0 Scarlet fever 358 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Robt Culbreth African American Male 6 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Heights Cemetery
Mary Va. Jones Caucasian Female 2 Heart 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Monroe, Georgia
Joan Morton African American Female 0 Heart Mitchell Bridge Rd & Atlanta Highway B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Robt. Lawrance Jones African American Male 0 Influenza, Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Willie Stewart African American Male 0 Cholera [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
E. F. Kenney Caucasian Female 83 Heart 170 Nantahala Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Jackson County, Georgia
Cinthia J. Montgomery Caucasian Female 75 Brain, Hemorrhage S Lumpkin St & Cedar St Dorsey Furniture Co. Liberty Church Cemetery
Lukie Tiller African American Male 0 Accident (fire) [Unknown Address] Jno Hutchinson [individual] Winterville, Georgia
Drake Caucasian Female Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Williams Caucasian Male 0 Premature Commerce, GA Bernstein Brothers Commerce, Georgia
Hill African American Female 0 Convulsions 220 Pearl St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jackson Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 1075 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Emma L Jones African American Female Stillborn 115 N Newton St Mack and Payne Washington, Georgia
Lillie Lee Carter African American Female 0 Diphtheria 547 Odd St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery

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