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 | Sex | Age at Death | Cause of Death | Address | Funeral Home | Cemetery |
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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 |