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
Richard Bazzell Laborer African American Male 19 Accident (drowning) Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
John L. Gholson Sales Caucasian Male 19 Diabetes 360 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Milledgesville, Georgia
Barnett Caucasian Male 0 [Nothing Listed] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Steve Stanley Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia Washington D.C. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Will Brittin City Employee African American Male 57 Apoplexy 140 Glenhaven Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Huff African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] D. W. Pittard [individual] Winterville, Georgia
Aurodite Howard African American Male 0 Pneumonia 443 3rd St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
John Horton Janitor African American Male 50 Nephritis 540 Odd St Mack and Payne Penfield, Georgia
Kenneth Lilly Mason Caucasian Male 27 Carbolic poisoning 225 Barrow St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Harmon Neal African American Male 2 Marasmus [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
Wallace Fears Drayman African American Male 44 Accident, Blunt Force Trauma North Avenue & Spring Ct Mack and Payne Covington, Georgia
Powers Caucasian Male Stillborn 1093 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Covington, Georgia
Luther C. Neleus Mill Employee Caucasian Male 64 Influenza 744 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Hawkins Dillard Farmer African American Male 61 Diabetes [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Zion Cemetery
Benton Grover Domestic African American Male 85 Heart 165 Reese St B. Dunaway and Sons Athens, Georgia
O. D. Arnold Farmer Caucasian Male 49 Heart Satula Ave & Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Arnold Burial Ground
Warren Shaw Presser African American Male 33 Stomach, Heart 882 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
William O. Terrell African American Male 0 Syphilis Hendrix Ave & Pulaski Heights B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Henry Horton Shoemaker African American Male 49 Cancer 535 Reese St Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
George Stricklyn African American Male Stillborn 483 Third St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Lewis Lester Drayman African American Male 52 Apoplexy 599 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
E. A. Prince Carpenter Caucasian Male 68 Cancer 235 Satula Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
John Davis Owens African American Male 7 Typhoid fever, Whooping Cough 337 1st St Bernstein Brothers Bishop, Georgia
Joe Meyers Caucasian Male 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Hale-Meyer Cemetery
Fred E. Coleman Caucasian Male 3 Marasmus 153 Bryan St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Reese Colquitt Tailor African American Male 42 Heart 294 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Wyett Smith Student African American Male 15 Pneumonia 1140 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Henry Enoch Spratlin Farmer Caucasian Male 78 Paralysis, Hemorrhage, Brain Winterville, GA Jas. Bernstein [Bernstein Brothers] Winterville, Georgia
James A. Pitner Merchant Caucasian Male 65 Cancer Barrow St & Barber St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Wash Hill Laborer African American Male 86 Cancer Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Charlie Cochran Laborer African American Male 22 Homicide (gun) Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Edward Lee Thompson Invalid Caucasian Male 16 Heart, Infection Statham, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Jackson County, Georgia
Amous William Jeffery African American Male 0 Food poisoning Athens, GA Gadsen Jeffery [father] [family] Oconee County, Georgia
Will Curtis Barber Caucasian Male 0 Colitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Andrew Collins Laborer African American Male 68 Nephritis 1776 W Broad St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Dolittle African American Male 0 Premature birth 270 Satula Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Mars Hill Cemetery
Charlie Gardner Public Work African American Male 33 Heart 1760 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Crawfordville, Georgia
John A. Fowler Merchant Caucasian Male 73 Uremia 599 Prince Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Washington, Georgia
Charlie Crowder Mill Employee Caucasian Male 17 Pneumonia 149 Tibbetts Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Henry Frank Smith Farmer Caucasian Male 26 Stomach Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Edw. Veal African American Male 0 Teething [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Shipp Caucasian Male 0 Premature 228 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Carl Sims African American Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] J. T. Griffith New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Logan Daniel Laborer African American Male 36 Drowning [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
M.L. Fambrough Reverend African American Male 37 Diabetes 524 Reese St Mack and Payne Madison County, Georgia
Sandy Scott Laborer African American Male 75 Dropsy 472 North Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Henry Stephens Farmer African American Male 16 Bronchitis Tallassee Rd. & Whitehead Rd [Nothing Listed] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Earl English Laborer African American Male 19 Pneumonia 392 Augusta Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Thomas Baily Retired Caucasian Male 82 Old Age 240 Hull St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Walter Wright Student Caucasian Male 7 Accident (car) Athens, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
V A Reaves Merchant Caucasian Male 54 Bright's Disease Hoyt St & State St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlie Little African American Male 0 Convulsions 167 Odd St Dunbar & Dunaway Brooklyn Cemetery
Wm Ed Watkins Sales Caucasian Male 60 Pellagra S Finley St & W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Henry Dellinger Farmer Caucasian Male 80 Old Age [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Eddie K Lane Garage Porter African American Male 19 Lungs 185 Derby St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Wallace Parnell Caucasian Male 12 Gun N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jim Griffith Planter Caucasian Male 56 Gangrene Watkinsville, Oconee County, GA Bernstein Brothers Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Jewell Fortson Laborer African American Male 32 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Elberton, Georgia
Geo W Farrell Merchant Caucasian Male 46 Cancer 446 E Clayton St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Willie B. Dozier African American Male 0 Fire, Surgery 1387 W Hancock Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Wilson Brown Merchant African American Male 50 Hemmorhage W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Charlie Barnett Child African American Male 6 Influenza Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Wm. J. Peeples Insurance Agent Caucasian Male 57 395 S Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Lawrenceville, Georgia
Hugh Caucasian Male Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Monroe Bowers (Pink) Morton Retired Capitalist African American Male 63 Stomach 823 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Athens, Georgia
Edw. D. Treanor Farmer Caucasian Male 62 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Milledgeville, Georgia
Richard Browner Gardener African American Male 63 Pneumonia North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Harvey Huff Farmer African American Male 56 Heart, Dropsy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
J T Huff African American Male 1 Colitis 876 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Thos. Kemp African American Male 2 Pneumonia 160 Strickland Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlie Williams Retired Caucasian Male 61 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
E. A. Luster Professor Caucasian Male 71 Heart 150 Cloverhurst Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Paul W. Norman Sales Caucasian Male 41 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
Charlie Alexandra Farmer African American Male 39 Homicide Crawford, GA Mack and Payne Crawford, Georgia
H.J. Nelms Farmer Caucasian Male 63 Cancer 360 N Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Madison County, Georgia
R. L. Melton Merchant Caucasian Male 24 Pneumonia 1725 W Broad St B. Dunaway and Sons Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Thos. Hadaway Retired Caucasian Male 78 Uremia N Milledge Ave & Hill St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
B G Bullock Carpenter Caucasian Male 65 Apoplexy 146 Herring St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Will Shaw Chauffer African American Male 38 Heart S Pope St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Francis E. Burns Student Caucasian Male 26 Tuberculosis 698 Cobb St Dunbar & Dorsey Saint John's Cemetery in Pawling, New York
William Grady Myers Farmer Caucasian Male 23 Accident (gun) Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Hale-Meyer Cemetery
James P. Hall Fireman Caucasian Male 52 Tuberculosis 447 E Hancock Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Henry Clark African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
J M Suddeth Farmer Caucasian Male 71 Paralysis, Hemorrhage, Brain [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Henry Young African American Male 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Frank Jones Laborer Caucasian Male 15 Heart [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Lula, Georgia
William Holbrooks Plumber African American Male 44 Surgery 1367 W Broad Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
A. Jack Wages Carpenter Caucasian Male 49 Dropsy 250 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Giles B. Jennings Retired Caucasian Male 81 Unknown 166 Cloverhurst Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
J. Tom Beazley Guard Caucasian Male 62 Apoplexy College Ave & E Broad St Dunbar & Dorsey Princeton Factory
W. H. Wade Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 45 Accident (railroad train) [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Atlanta, Georgia
Thomas E. Middlebrooks Planter Caucasian Male 84 Old Age 225 Henderson Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jessie Stroud African American Male 85 Natural Causes [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons
Lovick P. Doolittle Carpenter Caucasian Male 76 Uremia, Heart, Nephritis, Arteries 850 Boulevard McDorman Bridges Co. Mars Hill Cemetery
Husey H. Strong African American Male Stillborn 853 Reese St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Lester Mcdaniel Caucasian Male 3 Diphtheria 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dorsey Furniture Co. Crooked Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Fat Grism Cook African American Male 37 Nephritis, Liver, Heart 478 Strong St Mack and Payne Washington, Georgia
Will Hill Drayman African American Male 36 Typhoid fever North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
James D. Smith Child African American Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Binford African American Male Stillborn 750 Dearing St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia

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