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 ascending Race Sex Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Marcellis James [Unknown] African American Male 31 Tuberculosis 162 Hoyt St Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Ellen Johnson [Unknown] African American Female 60 Pneumonia 335 Fairview St Mack and Payne
Evilin Young [Unknown] African American Female 0 Whooping cough Athens, GA Mack and Payne
Step Johnson [Unknown] African American Male 61 Heart, Dropsy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
William H. Bruce Watchman Caucasian Male 57 Suicide 278 Reese St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
D. W. Huff Watchman Caucasian Male 56 Homicide (gun) 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
John Henry Gann Watchmaker Caucasian Male 52 Heart North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Ferdie Cook Waiter African American Male 19 Tuberculosis Strong St & N Lumpkin St W. P. Hopson Barrow County, Georgia
Judge Roberson Waiter African American Male 38 Stomach, Heart [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Bogart, Georgia
James Shearer Veteran Caucasian Male 26 [Nothing Listed] [Unknown Address] S.E McGowan [individual] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Grant Lacount Veteran Caucasian Male 34 Accident (drowning) 150 Wynburn Ave Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Jeffrie Sailors Veteran Caucasian Male 26 Tuberculosis 250 Barrow St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Bill Williams Veteran Caucasian Male 76 Heart E Broad St & N Peter St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Woodly Unknown African American Male 17 Typhoid fever 230 Derby St W. P. Hopson Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
Robert Daniels Unknown African American Male 22 Tuberculosis 142 Hoyt St B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Frank Jones Unknown African American Male 29 Tuberculosis Lula, GA Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
James Franklin Payne Univeristy Employee Caucasian Male 78 Heart 198 Cedar St Dorsey Furniture Co. Fort Lamar, Georgia
Harrison C. Powell Undertaker African American Male 42 Abscess, Lungs 540 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
A. Porter Umbrella Maker Caucasian Male 58 Heart E Broad St & S Thomas St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Richard B. Gray Telephone Company Caucasian Male 50 Infection 175 Nacoochee Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Amy Coile Telephone Company Caucasian Female 19 Diabetes Hoyt St & College Ave Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Mary B. Coleman Teamster African American Female 29 Lungs, Hemmorhage 681 S Lumpkin St Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Gussie Woods Teacher Caucasian Female 37 Cancer 163 W Hancock Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Oconee Hill Cemetery
Basilin Priner Teacher Caucasian Female 68 Heart 525 Meigs St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
J.H. Dozier Teacher Caucasian Male 92 Heart Meigs St & N Pope St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Ora C. Kendrick Teacher Caucasian Female 55 Cancer 327 Oglethorpe Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Maria M Heard Teacher African American Female 59 Pneumonia Reese St & N Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Nannie Lou Callaway Teacher Caucasian Female 33 Strep Throat LaFayette, Walker County, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
T.E. Hollingsworth Teacher Caucasian Male 59 Heart 1085 Prince Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Annie King Davis Teacher Caucasian Female 44 Diabetes 491 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Searcy, Arkansas
Luvenia Bond Teacher African American Female 30 Anemia Hull, GA Mack and Payne Carnesville, Georgia
William Harper Teacher African American Male 48 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Zedekiah Eberhart Teacher African American Male 44 Rheumatism, Apoplexy 1199 W Broad St Mack and Payne Lexington, Georgia
Wm. H. Harper Teacher African American Male 48 Pneumonia Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Pearl Stricklyn Teacher African American Female 21 Female, Surgery 142 W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Harriett Williams Teacher African American Female 21 Nephritis Lyndon St & Dubose Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Darlina Bell Stockley Teacher Caucasian Female 57 Spine 1064 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Elberton, Georgia
Cordelia Troutman Teacher Caucasian Female 60 Cancer Henderson Ave & S Harris St Dorsey Furniture Co.
Fannie M Lewis Teacher African American Female 63 Arteries 1280 W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Susie Horton Teacher African American Female 37 Cancer 1337 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Ofiela Mathews Teacher African American Female 24 Syphilis 360 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Lexington, Georgia
Elaine Kerlin Teacher Caucasian Female 28 Diabetes Winterville Rd & Spring Valley Rd Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Margery E. Orr Teacher Caucasian Female 87 Heart 182 Wray St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rosa Pierce Teacher African American Female 21 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Avis Pruitt Teacher Caucasian Female 23 Brain Commerce, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Webbs Creek Cemetery
Annie Lou Chalmes Teacher Caucasian Female 23 Pneumonia University Dr & Pinecrest Dr Dunbar & Dorsey Brookville, Mississippi
Elizzebeth Binns Teacher African American Female 24 Heart 135 Glenhaven Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Margie E. Bush Teacher African American Female 40 Apoplexy 400 Reese St W. P. Hopson Maxeys, Georgia
Courtney Thomas Tailor African American Male 53 Brain, Hemorrhage Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Newberry, South Carolina
Reese Colquitt Tailor African American Male 42 Heart 294 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
L.C. Mcmillan Supplier Caucasian Male 48 Suicide (gun) [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Spartanburg, South Carolina
H A Goldthwaite Superintendent Caucasian Male 47 Mitral 629 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Montgomery, Alabama
Dorkus Lee Shelton Student Caucasian Male 9 Accident (drowning) 748 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
B. Cornelious Freeman Student African American Male 16 Stomach 237 Church St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Milton Norris Student Caucasian Male 8 Bright's Disease Elizabeth St & Willow St  Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Bulah Mckenley Student African American Female 21 Pellagra 188 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Rosa May Watkins Student African American Female 14 Typhoid Fever E Broad St & South Tabernacle Street Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
John Ray Student African American Male 12 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ella May Young Student African American Female 12 Infection, Hemorrhage [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
James Walter Wright Student Caucasian Male 7 Accident (car) Athens, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wyett Smith Student African American Male 15 Pneumonia 1140 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Mary Ellen Turner Student Caucasian Female 9 Dropsy 474 E Dougherty St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Va. King Student African American Female 9 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Addie Mae Baugh Student African American Female 16 Tuberculosis 389 Meigs St Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Francis E. Burns Student Caucasian Male 26 Tuberculosis 698 Cobb St Dunbar & Dorsey Saint John's Cemetery in Pawling, New York
Grady Wilson Davis Student African American Male 9 Meningitis 111 N Pope St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Jas. C. Cranshaw Student African American Male 10 Tuberculosis Chicago, IL Bernstein Brothers Chicago, Illinois
Myrtis Gunnell Student Caucasian Female 10 Hear 1294 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Lybrand Cemetery
Bertha Mae Harris Student Caucasian Female 11 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Mars Hill Cemetery
Alfred Johnson Student African American Male 16 Pneumonia 123 Johnson Dr. Theo Williams [individual] City Athens
Earl Bludson Student African American Male 9 Typhoid Fever [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Allensville, Georgia
Mary J. Bouderant Student Caucasian Female 16 Tuberculosis 726 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Francis Morton Student Caucasian Female 9 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Hugh Maxwell Haynes Student African American Male 24 Tuberculosis 537 Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Allen Luther Hill Student Caucasian Male 17 Cancer 175 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Annie Lue Stephens Student African American Female 14 Nephritis Athens, GA Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Charlie Mae Stead Student African American Female 9 Typhoid fever 125 Green St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Henry R. Thrasher Student Caucasian Male 6 Meningitis 1253 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Salem, Georgia
Jack Patrick Student Caucasian Male 9 Tetanus 134 1st St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ida Lou Crane Student African American Female 7 Typhoid fever 1133 W Broad Mack and Payne Bush River Church Cemetery
Robert Owens Student African American Male 17 Tuberculosis 190 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Otis Sims Camp Student Caucasian Male 18 Accident (airplane) [Unknown Address] C. M. Ferguson [individual] Barrow County, Georgia
John Henry Westley Student African American Male 13 Stomach Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Salem, Georgia
Iaa B Crosley Student African American Female 13 Poisoning 270 Savannah Ave W. P. Hopson Greensboro, Georgia
Margarette F. Ritchie Student Caucasian Female 7 Pneumonia Cobb St & Prince Pl Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rosa B Ray Student African American Female 17 Influenza 357 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Merton Albert Broach Student Caucasian Male 14 Infection S Lumpkin St & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rachel Critchlow Haynes Student African American Female 15 Stomach 537 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Harvey Cooper Student Caucasian Male 17 Heart E Dougherty St & Foundry St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Albert E. Peeler Student Caucasian Male 7 Meningitis 425 Meigs St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rosa J. Barnett Student African American Female 8 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Alpheus Sturdivant Student Caucasian Male 28 Accident (drowning) Chipley, GA Dorsey Furniture Co.
Louise Graham Student African American Female 14 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Leo Washington Student African American Male 13 Accident (drowning) 259 Chase St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Ophelia Barnett Student African American Female 17 Tuberculosis Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Clarke County, Georgia
Grady Welch Student Caucasian Male 7 Asphyxiation Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Thurmond Johnson Student African American Male 5 Measles South Finley St & East Cloverhurst Ave Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Rufus Williams Student African American Male 9 Influenza [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Willie Barnett Student African American Male 9 Influenza Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lucy Dupree Erwin Student Caucasian Female 13 Brain, Hemmorhage Dearing St & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery

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