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 Occupation Racesort descending Sex Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bob Cole [individual] Athens, Georgia
Premature 335 Arch St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Housework Clarke County, GA
Infection 197 Hiawassee Ave B. Dunaway and Sons
Lucy Harris Domestic African American Female 66 Arteries S Church St & Waddell St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
William Clark Laborer African American Male 52 Injury 270 China St Mack and Payne Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rosa Lee Bailey Farmer African American Female 16 Salpingitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Quincie Yerby Farmer African American Male 17 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Wm. H. Harper Teacher African American Male 48 Pneumonia Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Nancy Str?Ndy Domestic African American Female 40 Heart, Dropsy 136 Plainview Rd., Commerce, GA B. Dunaway and Sons
Wyett Upson Carpenter African American Male 76 Poisoning 1140 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Lee Ely Farmer African American Male 60 Paralysis, Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Willie B. Lesley Laborer African American Male 21 Tuberculosis, Nephritis 183 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Audley Jones Child African American Male 3 Cancer Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Dan Lumpkin Laborer African American Male 45 [??] Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
R?Y Gardner Housewife African American Male 9 Homicide Commerce, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Emanuel Cole Carpenter African American Male 70 Old Age 1536 W Broad St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Sussie May Landrum African American Female 0 Malnutrition, Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Dinah Pinkard Housewife African American Female 41 Paralysis 264 Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Edward Devanport None African American Male 0 Premature birth Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & Strickland Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Athens, Georgia
Robt. Brown Cook African American Male 70 Brain 825 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Alarnza Johnson Laborer African American Male 15 Tuberculosis 1032 W Reese St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Cliford Mcipanmor Chauffeur African American Male 23 Syphilis 524 W Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Winder, Georgia
George Stovall Farmer African American Male 63 Stomach Athens, GA Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Bessie Smith Farmer African American Female 17 Tuberculosis Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
George Terrell Laborer African American Male 37 Hemorrhage, Lungs North Ave & Madison Heights B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Carrie Garfield Housewife African American Female 63 Heart 1177 W Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Mazie Howard Laundress African American Female 35 Pneumonia 197 Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
John Moore Farmer African American Male 70 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Ulysses Gaither Farmer African American Male 26 Stomach Loganville, GA W. P. Hopson Good Hope, Georgia
Hattie Cox Newspaper African American Female 22 Hemmorhage, Arteries 848 College Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Tignall, Georgia
Sam Carter Farmer African American Male 75 Bowel [Unknown Address] Rich Watkins [individual] Clarke County, Georgia
Olivia Sheets Nurse African American Female 16 Meningitis 224 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Anderson African American Female Stillborn 150 S Newton St W. P. Hopson Shady Dale, Georgia
Rastus Ford Williams Child African American Male 0 Premature 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Aggie Harris Housewife African American Female 83 Mitral 1458 E Broad St W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Tom Hope Farmer African American Male 85 Gangrene Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery
Jennie Matthews Laundress African American Female 79 Apoplexy 1423 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Annie Mae Sims Domestic African American Female 28 Paralysis 134 Hendricks Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Old Arnold's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Susie Newsome Cook African American Female 66 Nephritis Athens, GA Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Robert Williamson Laborer African American Male 85 Heart Hickman Dr. & College Ave Mack and Payne Watkinsville, Georgia
Henry Jackson Laborer African American Male 80 Heart 985 College Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Hosey L. Price African American Male 2 Pneumonia Athens, GA Mack and Payne Kenney Cemetery
B. Cornelious Freeman Student African American Male 16 Stomach 237 Church St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Harriatt Colquitt Domestic African American Female 50 Nephritis 445 Ruth St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
June Moore Porter African American Male 42 Pellagra [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Elberton, Georgia
Frank Sims Laborer African American Male 62 Pneumonia Pittard Rd & Old Elberton Rd Dorsey Furniture Co. Spaulding Cemetery
Ida Lou Crane Student African American Female 7 Typhoid fever 1133 W Broad Mack and Payne Bush River Church Cemetery
Jimmie Lee Farmer African American Male 17 Tuberculosis Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd Mack and Payne New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Alonza Stevens Laborer African American Male Nephritis, Dropsy W Broad St & S Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Bertha Wingfield Housework African American Female 24 Tuberculosis 177 Valley St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Fred J. Lewis African American Male 13 Paralysis 390 N Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Madison County, Georgia
Florence Houston Laborer African American Female 21 Tuberculosis 398 Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Hattie L. Jones African American Female 0 Pneumonia W Broad St & S Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Mathews African American Male Premature [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Joseph Clarke Student African American Male 13 Heart [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Bessie Lou Davis Seamstress African American Female 8 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sanders African American Female Stillborn, Premature Reese St & N Milledge Ave City of Athens County Pauper Farm
Charlie Dean Farmer African American Male 60 Mitral, Nephritis 4180 Jefferson Rd. Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Arthur Jackson Laborer African American Male 43 Tuberculosis 386 Chase St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Armina Shanks Laborer African American Female 31 Brain, Hemorrhage North Ave & Madison Heights Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Oliver Busch Laborer African American Male 31 Heart, Nephritis 1298 Oconee St Dorsey Furniture Co. Spalding County, Georgia
John B Simms African American Male 0 Stomach Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Archa Mckenley Butler African American Male 40 Heart 350 University Ave W. P. Hopson Lexington, Georgia
Lula Harris Nurse African American Female 42 Lungs 125 Henderson Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Viola Clevland Farmer African American Female 48 Apoplexy Woodstock, GA Wiley P. Dibbs [individual] Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Tom Bank African American Male 45 Periostitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jutson Elder Railroad Employee African American Male 18 Stomach 482 Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Oconee County, Georgia
Jane Harris African American Female 86 Cancer, Old Age Danielsville Rd & Collins Ind Blvd B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Ruth Ely Farm Laborer African American Female 22 Female, Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Will Williams Fireman African American Male 34 [??] Athens, GA Mack and Payne Madison County, Georgia
Janie B Lester African American Female 0 Influenza Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Lattin African American Male Lungs Milledge Avenue Extension & East Campus Road Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Rosa Lumpkin Domestic African American Female 52 Asthma 4180 Jefferson Rd. Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Nick Gear Farmer African American Male 80 Old Age [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Lucile Lanford African American Female 2 Pneumonia, Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ben Dillard Laborer African American Male 43 Tuberculosis 440 N Finley St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Sallie Brown Domestic African American Female 41 Apoplexy 1443 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Augustus G. Johnson Laborer African American Male 63 Old Age, Heart 473 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Andrew Stroud African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Luther Smith Farmer African American Male 21 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Tilles Creama Domestic African American Female 16 Influenza, Pneumonia 316 N Peter St B. Dunaway and Sons
Mannie Terrell Housework African American Female 23 Tuberculosis North Ave & Madison Heights Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Albirdie Gleen African American Female 5 Diphtheria North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Elsie May Huff African American Female 1 Pneumonia Vine St & Gressom St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Gussie Golsby Laborer African American Female 23 Homicide Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave Mack and Payne Goose Pond, Georgia
Lewis Littleton Laborer African American Male 19 Pneumonia 145 Valley St Bernstein Brothers Tignall, Georgia
Cash African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Dolie Shelnut Housework African American Female 28 Nephritis, Infection, Female [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Mattie Anderson Laundress African American Female 26 Uremia 150 S Newton St W. P. Hopson Shady Dale, Georgia
Essie Williamson Housewife African American Female 22 Tuberculosis Strong St & N Lumpkin St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Goss Harris African American Unknown 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sebo Jordan Farmer African American Male 20 Tuberculosis Athens, GA Mack and Payne Horton Cemetery
Mose Matthews Laborer African American Male 75 Rheumatism 1365 W Hancock St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Rachael Walton Domestic African American Female 109 Old Age [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Old Arnold's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Sallie Jackson Farmer African American Female 78 Nephritis 165 Indale Ave W. P. Hopson Apalachee, Georgia
John Norman Laborer African American Male 68 Tuberculosis 537 4th St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jessie Willougsby Child African American Male 42 Tuberculosis Commerce, GA Mack and Payne Watkinsville, Georgia
Lucy Jackson Housework African American Female 51 Hemmorhage, Brain 831 W Waddell St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery

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