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
David Johnson Child African American Male 0 Hemmorhage 346 N Pope Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Peter Vincent Farmer African American Male 35 Tuberculosis 1055 Prince Ave [Nothing Listed] Barber's Creek Cemetery
Ebb Morton Laborer African American Male 50 Heart 174 Lyndon Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jessie Holts Laborer African American Male 29 Tuberculosis N Billups St & W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Henry Clark African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
John Walker Farmer African American Male 45 Dropsy Allenville, GA Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Johnson Binford Farmer African American Male 60 Cancer Prince Ave & N Finley St Bernstein Brothers Shady Dale, Georgia
B. W. G. Mayfield Laborer African American Male 63 Pneumonia 270 Savannah Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Al Benny Wright African American Male 11 Apoplexy, Whooping Cough US-441 & Sandy Creek Rd Dunbar & Dorsey New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Richard Bayne Farmer African American Male 75 Arteries North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Chandler Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Toccoa, Georgia
Vardy Josiah Parr Decorator Caucasian Male 75 Uremia 1820 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Smith Caucasian Male Stillborn 235 DuBose Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Maxeys, Georgia
Hudson R. Graham Farmer Caucasian Male 16 Surgery Comer, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Webb Cemetery
J V Williams African American Male Stillborn 176 Billups St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Lon* Drake Mill Employee Caucasian Male 35 Accident (fall) Lexington, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Ed Alphabets Farmer African American Male 28 Dropsy Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
William Wier Laborer African American Male 43 Heart 194 Macon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Rubin Hirams Laborer African American Male 55 Cancer Athens, GA Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Frank Jones Unknown African American Male 29 Tuberculosis Lula, GA Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Jackson African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
E. L. Mason Farmer Caucasian Male 35 Pneumonia Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Bobby Pittard Housework Caucasian Male 3 Scarlet fever Winterville, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Winterville, Georgia
Frank Pittard Farmer African American Male 75 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
John Lewis Smith Child African American Male 2 Pneumonia Oconee St & Grove St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Emmett Scott African American Male 0 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Joseph Lustrat Professor Caucasian Male 68 Heart 109 Herty Dr Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ballews Caucasian Male Delivery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Thomas Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wm Edw Davis Cotton Worker African American Male 63 Nephritis North Ave & Willow St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jessie R. Smith Farmer Caucasian Male 32 Meningitis Lexington, GA Bernstein Brothers Crawford, Georgia
J. P. Procter Physician Caucasian Male 48 Accident (car) 360 Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Eddie Roach Student African American Male 7 Pneumonia Burney St & Branch St Bernstein Brothers
Frank Pitord Cook African American Male 47 Heart, Tuberculosis Hickman Dr. & College Ave Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
John Will Brakefield Merchant Caucasian Male 42 Illegible Atlanta, GA Bernstein Brothers Atlanta, Georgia
David Harris Lather African American Male 65 Heart 386 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Louis Barnett African American Male 2 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Murry Eberhart African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] James Eberhart [father] [family] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Joe D. Hawks Merchant Caucasian Male 46 Brain, Hemmorhage 390 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Arthur T Howard Barber African American Male 35 Tuberculosis 543 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Madison, Georgia
Geral B Heard Farmer African American Male 31 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Curtis Waymon Wages Bakery Caucasian Male 15 Heart 720 N Chase St McDorman Bridges Co. Jackson County, Georgia
Ivy Billips Laborer African American Male 68 Nephritis 607 W Borad St Mack and Payne Billups Grove Cemetery
Miller Caucasian Male 0 Stillborn 149 Tibbetts Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
T. Ed. Lester Farmer Caucasian Male 55 Uremia 192 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Henry Brooks Laborer African American Male 55 Accident (car) Lyndon St & Dubose Ave Lomax & Morton Athens, Georgia
Marion H. Downs Student Caucasian Male 11 Accident (drowning) E Broad St & S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Watkinsville, Georgia
Pittard African American Male 0 Premature 246 N Pope St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Lon Lowe Farmer African American Male 77 Heart 190 N Rocksprings St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Henry Evans African American Male 50 Appendicitis 166 Paris St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
John H. Deadwyler Mill Employee Caucasian Male 64 Posioning, Surgery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Carter Daniel Farmer African American Male 80 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
J. L. Patterson Retired Caucasian Male 73 Bright's Disease Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
W. B. Hartley Merchant Caucasian Male 46 Nephritis 795 Baxter St Dorsey Furniture Co. Holly Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery
William Henry Calloway African American Male 1 Whooping cough Epps Bridge Rd. & Timothy RD Dunbar & Dunaway East Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Jorden Young Farmer African American Male 52 Stomach Colbert, Madison County, GA W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
James L. Johnson African American Male 0 Neonatal Chicago, IL Dorsey Furniture Co. Spaulding Cemetery
Erastus J. Murphy Office Holder Caucasian Male 83 [??] Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Barnesville, Georgia
Hawkins African American Male Premature birth 380 Billups St Jno Hawkins [father] Clarke County, Georgia
Henry Benford Fireman African American Male 49 Pneumonia 341 Glenhaven Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Frank Hendrix Caucasian Male 0 [??] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
Butch Watson Laborer African American Male 39 Pellagra 131 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Maxeys, Georgia
Peter Bisson Mason Caucasian Male 66 Brain [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Fred Earnest Muckle Child African American Male 6 Brain, Abscess Satula Ave & Boulevard Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jim Williams Farmer African American Male 64 Paralysis 160 2nd St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Charlie Shaw Laborer African American Male 45 Homicide (gun) 187 Odd St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Harry Barnett African American Male 0 Indigestion, malnutrition 4180 Jefferson Rd. Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Ford None African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Grafton Junkin Clerk Caucasian Male 48 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Rome, Georgia
Cicero Jones Laborer African American Male 57 Arteries 542 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jewell Child African American Male Stillborn 188 2nd St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Clinton Barnett Laborer African American Male 20 Pneumonia Lyndon St & Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Alfred B. Bailey Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 62 Arteries Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Union Point, Georgia
Harry Nastos Merchant Caucasian Male 41 Nephritis, Pneumonia W Hancock Ave & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Robert P. Smith Carpenter African American Male 36 Homicide (gun) 387 Flint St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Murray Green Farmer African American Male 14 Gun [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Bradbury District
Pullim Caucasian Male Natural causes Spring Valley Rd & Hancock Rd Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Cleavland Williams Laborer African American Male 49 Heart Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Lexington, Georgia
Earnest Beigths Laborer African American Male 21 Accident (car) 520 N Peter St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Joe C Robertson Retired Caucasian Male 71 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Dufalo Harris Laborer African American Male 50 Stomach Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Marvin Barnett Farmer African American Male 18 Accident (gun) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
John Fambro Laborer African American Male 52 Apoplexy 141 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Earl Bludson Student African American Male 9 Typhoid Fever [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Allensville, Georgia
James Franklin Payne Univeristy Employee Caucasian Male 78 Heart 198 Cedar St Dorsey Furniture Co. Fort Lamar, Georgia
Rylie Colbert Railroad Employee African American Male Pneumonia 439 North Ave W. P. Hopson Colbert, Georgia
Adams Caucasian Male 0 Delivery [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co.
Lord Caucasian Male 0 Premature 995 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ike Brooks Laborer African American Male 63 Accident (fire) 923 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Plummer African American Male Stillborn W Broad St & S Milledge Ave By parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Ben Tilman Laborer African American Male 70 Arteries, Brights 515 W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Jos. Foster Laborer African American Male 19 [??] 387 Flint St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
J. A. Simpson Caucasian Male Stillborn Ila, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
William Johnson Farmer African American Male 23 Homicide (gun) 4175 Lexington Rd Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
W. C. Dewy Caucasian Male 3 Stomach, Lungs 499 Ruth St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
James D. Powell Planter Caucasian Male 70 Heart Conyers, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Madison County, Georgia
Mack Johnson Laborer African American Male 67 Heart, Dropsy Strong St & Foundry St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Peter Neelia Laborer African American Male 78 Heart 267 4th St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Andrew Clarke Laborer African American Male 55 Natural causes 948 Prince Ave Lomax & Morton Clarke County, Georgia
Alex Hawkins Laborer African American Male 38 Paralysis 345 Arch St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia

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