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 Race Sexsort ascending Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Goss Harris African American Unknown 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Unknown Caucasian Unknown 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] C. H. Weatherly Co. [Weatherly Funeral Home] Clarke County, Georgia
Jessie Burden Cook African American Unknown 20 Stomach [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Comer, Georgia
John Moore Farmer African American Male 70 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
L.D. Merrett African American Male 7 Heart 280 S Peter St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Ulysses Gaither Farmer African American Male 26 Stomach Loganville, GA W. P. Hopson Good Hope, Georgia
Harrison Hill Farmer African American Male 75 Bright's Disease, Paralysis Paris St & Waddell St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
William W. Edwards Merchant Caucasian Male 45 Tuberculosis 875 Chase St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Isaac Jaro Allen Child African American Male 0 Syphilis 138 Glenhaven Ave Mack and Payne Barber's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Alonzo Anderson Painter Caucasian Male 43 Homicide 267 Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Commerce, Georgia
Willie Wilson Laborer African American Male 50 Bladder [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dunaway Brooklyn Cemetery
Allen Johnson Laborer African American Male 55 Paralysis W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave Mack and Payne Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Oneal Crow Student Caucasian Male 17 Infection Turnerville, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Turnerville, Georgia
Fritz Moseman Farmer Caucasian Male 67 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jno. Cooper Farmer African American Male 75 Kidneys, Bladder [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Jack Patrick Student Caucasian Male 9 Tetanus 134 1st St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Roy Cooper Farmer African American Male 22 Ulcer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Boyd Wilburn Laborer African American Male 21 Typhoid Fever 143 3rd Ave Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Watkins Retired Caucasian Male 65 Pneumonia 1447 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Maysville, Georgia
June Moore Porter African American Male 42 Pellagra [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Elberton, Georgia
D. J. Evans Mill Employee Caucasian Male 51 Stomach Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
J. N. Sheats Farmer Caucasian Male 79 Heart, Surgery Bogart, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Bogart, Georgia
D. R. Waters Carpenter Caucasian Male 72 Pneumonia 835 Oconee Rd. Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Willie Patman Laborer African American Male 33 Tuberculosis 168 John St Bernstein Brothers
William H Lester Caucasian Male 75 Bright's Disease, arteries [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Lester Cemetery
Cisero Brown Laborer African American Male 75 Mitral S Rocksprings St & W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mathews African American Male Premature [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Robt. Williams Laborer African American Male 22 Nephritis, Heart 161 Willow St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Joseph Clarke Student African American Male 13 Heart [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Alonzo C Hancock Real Estate Caucasian Male 51 Bright's Disease Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Arthur Jackson Laborer African American Male 43 Tuberculosis 386 Chase St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jerry G. Gray Farmer Caucasian Male 83 Heart 797 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
D. W. Manus Caucasian Male 1 [??] Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Harry E. White Hotel Caucasian Male 64 Heart 134 Prince Ave Bernstein Brothers Chattanooga, Tennessee
Richard Thomas Printer Caucasian Male 56 Tuberculosis 797 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James O. Chandler Farmer Caucasian Male 49 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Harold Reddy Clerk Caucasian Male 17 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Cortis Williams Caucasian Male 6 Typhoid Fever 298 Baldwin St Bernstein Brothers Pleasant Grove Cemetery
P. F. Curry Reverend African American Male 60 Cancer 1254 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Halcyondale, Georgia
Obie Denmark Laborer African American Male 42 Accident (fire) [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Americus, Georgia
Jas. Oldham Farmer Caucasian Male 62 Gun, Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morgan County, Georgia
Lee Ely Farmer African American Male 60 Paralysis, Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
J. W. O'Kelly Office Work Caucasian Male 71 Dropsy 269 N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
James Bazzell African American Male 5 Rabies [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Willie B. Lesley Laborer African American Male 21 Tuberculosis, Nephritis 183 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Wright None African American Male Stillborn 360 Milledge Ave Pauper by city Athens, Georgia
Quincie Yerby Farmer African American Male 17 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
James Patten Farmer African American Male 80 Bronchitis W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Lee Thomas Farmer African American Male 20 Accident (transportation) Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne
Dan Lumpkin Laborer African American Male 45 [??] Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Dock Jackson Laborer African American Male 66 Bright's Disease, Heart Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
William Henry Archer Farmer Caucasian Male 53 Stomach Nicholson, Madison County, GA Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
R?Y Gardner Housewife African American Male 9 Homicide Commerce, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
W.A. Hall Farmer Caucasian Male 69 Nephritis 674 N Thomas St B. Dunaway and Sons Stinchcomb United Methodist Church Cemetery
Edward Reginald Hodgson Capitalist Caucasian Male 73 Heart 1001 Prince Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Malory L. Hill Caucasian Male Stillborn 1264 E Broad St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Lee Roy Canitters Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia, Diphtheria [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Danielsville, Georgia
J.H. Williams Printer Caucasian Male 56 Appendicitis 225 N Thomas St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
D. H. Winter Merchant Caucasian Male 68 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville Cemetery
Claud Lemar Newson African American Male 0 Pneumonia 213 N Finley St Mack and Payne High Shoals, Georgia
Rowland Elder Fullilor Farmer Caucasian Male 40 Bright's Disease High Shoals, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Jackson Family Cemetery
Allen Prather Mill Employee Caucasian Male 19 Meningitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers High Shoals, Georgia
Eddie Baynes African American Male 0 Seizures 132 Flint St Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Morton Caucasian Male Stillborn Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Moses Milner Mill Employee African American Male 61 Apoplexy 1843 W Broad St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Willie Finley Porter African American Male 20 Tuberculosis Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mose Matthews Laborer African American Male 75 Rheumatism 1365 W Hancock St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Denny Caucasian Male Stillborn 199 Ruth St Dunbar & Dorsey Commerce, Georgia
John Norman Laborer African American Male 68 Tuberculosis 537 4th St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Tom Johnson Laborer African American Male 33 Accident (drowning) Broad St & Paris St Mack and Payne Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
G. L. Baxter Farmer Caucasian Male 48 Arteries, Hernia Commerce, GA M. S. Sanders [individual] Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Will Johnson Laborer African American Male 50 Tuberculosis North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Quiller Cooper Farmer African American Male 16 Bright's Disease Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Asa Ludie Payne Physician Caucasian Male 65 Stomach, Hemorrhage Fort Lamar, Madison County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Henry Scott African American Male 0 Stillborn 137 Odd St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
O. L. Deadwyler Physician Caucasian Male 51 Accident (car) Carlton, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Old Fork Cemetery
C. P. Payton Caucasian Male 65 Accident (railroad train) [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Elberton, Georgia
Marvin Gabriel Child Caucasian Male 8 Infection Lexington, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Rusell Sojrns Farmer African American Male 80 Heart, Bright's Disease Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Bogart, Georgia
James Francis Whittaker Retired Caucasian Male 73 Paralysis 686 Barber St Dorsey Furniture Co. Athens, Georgia
Paul Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co.
Aurodite Howard African American Male 0 Pneumonia 443 3rd St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Barnett Caucasian Male 0 [Nothing Listed] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Forrest Brown African American Male 0 Pneumonia 160 Glenhaven Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
J. H. Cleveland Student African American Male 18 Tuberculosis 820 W Waddell St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Erwin Harper Carpenter African American Male 56 Heart, Dropsy 452 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Ceasor Jackson Laborer African American Male 41 Nephritis 246 N Pope St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
George Mitchel Farmer African American Male 21 Pneumonia Athens, GA Mack and Payne Union Point, Georgia
Richard B. Gray Telephone Company Caucasian Male 50 Infection 175 Nacoochee Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wallace Fears Drayman African American Male 44 Accident, Blunt Force Trauma North Avenue & Spring Ct Mack and Payne Covington, Georgia
Henry Shaw Mason African American Male 36 Poisoning 126 First St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
James L. Reeves Merchant Caucasian Male 63 Uremia, Heart Danielsville, Madison County, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Madison County, Georgia
H. T. Griffith Caucasian Male 0 Poisoning [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Landrum Caucasian Male 0 Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Whitehall, Georgia
Wm. Pierce Reynolds Retired Caucasian Male 92 Old Age 449 Hull Rd Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
J.N. Woods Farmer Caucasian Male 81 Influenza [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Seaborn Mccurry Farmer Caucasian Male 60 Cancer Abbeville, SC B. Dunaway and Sons Anderson County, South Carolina
Truman Smith Thacker Caucasian Male Stillborn Hoyt St & State St Dunbar & Dunaway Farmington, Georgia
Richard Bazzell Laborer African American Male 19 Accident (drowning) Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery

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