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
Magnolia Ray Scott Student African American Female 17 Female 137 Odd St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Florrie Mae Hubbard Student African American Female 15 Lungs [Unknown Address] Lomax & Morton Clarke County, Georgia
Gladys Juliette Smith Student Caucasian Female 12 Pneumonia 387 Oconee St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Robert Owens Student African American Male 17 Tuberculosis 190 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Dorkus Lee Shelton Student Caucasian Male 9 Accident (drowning) 748 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Oneal Crow Student Caucasian Male 17 Infection Turnerville, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Turnerville, Georgia
Annie B. Wilson Student African American Female 11 Stomach 167 Yonah Ave Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
John Ray Student African American Male 12 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Va. King Student African American Female 9 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Rosa B Ray Student African American Female 17 Influenza 357 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Francis E. Burns Student Caucasian Male 26 Tuberculosis 698 Cobb St Dunbar & Dorsey Saint John's Cemetery in Pawling, New York
Marion H. Downs Student Caucasian Male 11 Accident (drowning) E Broad St & S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Watkinsville, Georgia
Dorothy Smith Student Caucasian Female 7 Accident (car) 398 S Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Winder, Georgia
Willie De Scott Student African American Female 13 Tuberculosis 1086 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Comer, Georgia
Jas. C. Cranshaw Student African American Male 10 Tuberculosis Chicago, IL Bernstein Brothers Chicago, Illinois
Alfred Johnson Student African American Male 16 Pneumonia 123 Johnson Dr. Theo Williams [individual] City Athens
Francis Morton Student Caucasian Female 9 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Mayfield Griffieth Student African American Female 16 Tuberculosis 337 Reese St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Grady Welch Student Caucasian Male 7 Asphyxiation Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Annie Lue Stephens Student African American Female 14 Nephritis Athens, GA Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Thurmond Johnson Student African American Male 5 Measles South Finley St & East Cloverhurst Ave Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Ida Lou Crane Student African American Female 7 Typhoid fever 1133 W Broad Mack and Payne Bush River Church Cemetery
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
Joseph Clarke Student African American Male 13 Heart [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
John Henry Westley Student African American Male 13 Stomach Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Salem, Georgia
Carlton Beusse Student Caucasian Male 13 Infection E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Rosa May Watkins Student African American Female 14 Typhoid Fever E Broad St & South Tabernacle Street Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
J. H. Cleveland Student African American Male 18 Tuberculosis 820 W Waddell St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
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
Ella May Young Student African American Female 12 Infection, Hemorrhage [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
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
T. C. Johnson Student African American Male 8 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Eva Thornton Student African American Female 18 Tuberculosis 291 Athens Ave W. P. Hopson Elberton, Georgia
Arlimay Marble Student African American Female 14 Pneumonia 344 Rockspring St Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Alpheus Sturdivant Student Caucasian Male 28 Accident (drowning) Chipley, GA Dorsey Furniture Co.
Cora Bell Badger Student African American Female 6 Accident (fire) 224 Miller St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Albert E. Peeler Student Caucasian Male 7 Meningitis 425 Meigs St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ruba Wall Student African American Female 16 Pneumonia Pope St & Reese St W. P. Hopson Elberton, Georgia
Henry Arnold Student Caucasian Male 15 Diabetes 182 Arch St Dunbar & Dorsey O'Kelley Family Cemetery
Matilda Jordan Student African American Female 8 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Leo Washington Student African American Male 13 Accident (drowning) 259 Chase St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Harry Mason Student African American Male 20 Typhoid fever E Broad St & S Thomas St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Mary J. Bouderant Student Caucasian Female 16 Tuberculosis 726 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Loutha Mae Johnson Student African American Female 6 Diphtheria Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Willie M. Jordan Student African American Female 6 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Ophelia Barnett Student African American Female 17 Tuberculosis Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Clarke County, Georgia
Allen Luther Hill Student Caucasian Male 17 Cancer 175 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Charlie Mae Stead Student African American Female 9 Typhoid fever 125 Green St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Ben F. Todd Street Car Caucasian Male 30 Tuberculosis, Hemorrhage, Acidosis S Lumpkin St & W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
A. Letcher Griffeth Street Car Caucasian Male 21 Typhoid fever N Chase St & Boulevard Dunbar & Dorsey Old Danielsville Presbyterian Cemetery
Leila Dial Store Clerk Caucasian Female 35 Cancer 597 Baxter St Dorsey Furniture Co. Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
John W. Goosby Store Clerk African American Male 54 Nephritis 277 Fairview St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Commodore Decatur Caffee Store Clerk Caucasian Male 69 Arteries Atlanta, GA Bernstein Brothers Soule Cemetery in Swanquarter, North Carolina
Wm Brown Steward African American Male 54 Apoplexy 760 Chase St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jas H Dozier State Employee Caucasian Male 58 Tuberculosis, Kidneys Meigs St & N Pope St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Taylor Middlebrooks Stableman African American Male 41 Heart 290 Barber St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Wm Boyd Shoemaker African American Male 60 Nephritis, Heart 437 N Pope St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
J.J. Thomas Shoemaker African American Male 49 Tuberculosis S Hull St & Waddell St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Henry Horton Shoemaker African American Male 49 Cancer 535 Reese St Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Will Harris Shoemaker African American Male 41 Mitral 226 Flint St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Laura Thomas Seamtress African American Female 55 Unknown 1248 W Broad St Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Catherne William Shepard Seamtress African American Female 45 Cancer 733 Dearing St Mack and Payne Madison County, Georgia
Rebekah Davis Seamstress African American Female 91 Heart N Thomas St & Strong St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Evaline Holbrook Seamstress African American Female 83 Liver, Stomach Pince Ave & Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Serema E Wiley Seamstress African American Female 49 Heart 268 N Chase St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Georgia Jones Seamstress African American Female 71 Heart, Nephritis 522 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Fannie Smith Seamstress African American Female 54 Cancer S Rocksprings St & W Broad St W. P. Hopson Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
Lillie M. Smith Seamstress African American Female 25 Female 1140 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Inez Collins Seamstress African American Female 24 Tuberculosis 347 Augusta Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Bessie Lou Davis Seamstress African American Female 8 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Laura Neely Seamstress African American Female 21 Tuberculosis Atlanta, GA W. P. Hopson
Clairece Perry School Caucasian Female 15 Stomach Bostwick, GA Bernstein Brothers Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
James Daniel Childs Saw Mill Operator Caucasian Male 53 Hemmorhage [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
Jas A Harbin Sanitary Inspector Caucasian Male 61 Suicide (gun) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Guy S Weatherly Salesmen Caucasian Male 29 Tuberculosis 198 E Dougherty St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
E. G. Turner Salesmen Caucasian Male 51 Cancer 728 Cobb St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Annie Morrison Sales Caucasian Female 27 Tuberculosis Hoyt St & College Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
George Calvin Aaron Sales Caucasian Male 42 Tuberculosis 583 Satula Ave McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee County, Georgia
Horace M. Williamson Sales Caucasian Male 49 Pneumonia 165 Nacoochee Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Bogg's Chapel Cemetery
William David Ramsey Sales Caucasian Male 66 Poisoning 158 Woodrow St McDorman Bridges Co.
John L. Gholson Sales Caucasian Male 19 Diabetes 360 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Milledgesville, Georgia
Claude Earl Poss Sales Caucasian Male 42 Heart Hoyt St & College Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
James Leon King Sales Caucasian Male 45 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Boggs Chapel Cemetery
M. H. Dunaway Sales Caucasian Male 59 Apoplexy Gainesville, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Gainesville, Georgia
John M. Blake Sales African American Male 63 Heart Nashville, TN Dorsey Furniture Co. Nashville, Tennessee
M. W. Cochran Sales Caucasian Male 54 Apoplexy 168 Grady Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
J. D Pike Sales Caucasian Male 63 Bone 6248 Athens Hwy, Jefferson, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Jefferson, Georgia
Carrie May Hunter Sales Caucasian Female 54 Nephritis Jefferson, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wm Ed Watkins Sales Caucasian Male 60 Pellagra S Finley St & W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Paul W. Norman Sales Caucasian Male 41 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
James G. Herring Road Work Caucasian Male 30 Stomach Rutledge, GA Bernstein Brothers Fairplay, Georgia
P. F. Curry Reverend African American Male 60 Cancer 1254 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Halcyondale, Georgia
Oscar Thomas Reverend African American Male 69 Heart N Chase St & Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
General Jackson Peyton Reverend Caucasian Male 61 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Peter A.F. Juhlein Reverend Caucasian Male 76 Bright's Disease 153 Vine St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Thomas J. Harris Reverend African American Male 50 Tuberculosis 160 Paris St Mack and Payne New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie Saye Reverend Caucasian Male 51 Heart, Infection, Dysentery 1456 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery

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