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
Jack Mortimer Clerk Caucasian Male 19 Suicide (poisoning) Lake City, FL Dorsey Furniture Co. Lake City, Florida
Clinton Barnett Laborer African American Male 20 Pneumonia Lyndon St & Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Howard Franklin Culp Mill Employee Caucasian Male 21 Tuberculosis Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Joe B. Thurmond African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Jesse Bazzell Painter African American Male 50 Mitral 1375 W Broad St Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Jim Wilkins Laborer African American Male 42 Unknown, Natural Causes 827 Waddell St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Willis Fullilove Caucasian Male 51 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons County Farm
Sam Mcleroy Police Caucasian Male 58 Accident (car) Danielsville, Madison County, GA Hemperley Undertaking Company Madison County, Georgia
Alfred B. Bailey Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 62 Arteries Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Union Point, Georgia
Joseph Ellsreerry Feelds Caucasian Male Stillborn N Hull St & N Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Mizpah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Thos. Lawrance Graham Laborer African American Male 9 Accident (car) North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Hunter Caucasian Male Stillborn Barrow St & Childs St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Geo W. Burch Manager Caucasian Male 43 Pneumonia 564 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Johnnie Rhoads Laborer African American Male 20 Abscess, Stomach Fourth Street & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Hawkins African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Saint Luke AME Cemetery
Earl Bludson Student African American Male 9 Typhoid Fever [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Allensville, Georgia
Will Collins Laborer African American Male 52 Apoplexy 520 N Peter St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Jas A Harbin Sanitary Inspector Caucasian Male 61 Suicide (gun) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Robert P. Smith Carpenter African American Male 36 Homicide (gun) 387 Flint St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
James David Roberts Mill Employee Caucasian Male 24 Apoplexy Warren St & Vine St McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Cleavland Williams Laborer African American Male 49 Heart Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Lexington, Georgia
T. R. Crow Mill Employee Caucasian Male 43 Paralysis 690 Nantahala Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Ike Brooks Laborer African American Male 63 Accident (fire) 923 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Joe Watson Laborer African American Male 45 Nephritis Church St & Peabody St Mack and Payne Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Eberhart African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Jim Eberhart [father] [family] Clarke County, Georgia
W. H. Rankin Farmer Caucasian Male 33 Stomach Colbert, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Taylor Middlebrooks Stableman African American Male 41 Heart 290 Barber St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Austin H Vaughn Power Company Caucasian Male 36 Accident (electricity) [Unknown Address] McDorman Bridges Co.
John C. Boles Farmer Caucasian Male 59 Infection Athens, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Princeton Factory
Rubin C. Nunn Merchant Caucasian Male 80 Old Age, Dysentery, Bright's Disease 4180 Jefferson Rd. B. Dunaway and Sons Harmony Christian Church Cemetery
Jim Coleman Farmer African American Male 51 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Will Price Laborer African American Male 60 Tuberculosis Jefferson Rd & Trinity Pl Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Dave Brown Laborer African American Male 50 Nephritis Reese St & N Milledge Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Young A. Daniel Retired Caucasian Male 77 Tuberculosis 185 Grady Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Robert Ross Mill Employee African American Male 34 Nephritis 225 Cleveland Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Clarke County, Georgia
Sam'L L. Mooney Carpenter Caucasian Male 53 Uremia E Broad St & Wilkerson St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Brock Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Farris Layne African American Male 0 Stillborn 420 N Peter St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
James Hughes Laborer African American Male 24 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons
Hershal Milligan Child Caucasian Male 0 Heart Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Tilmon African American Male 0 Stomach 900 Henderson Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
G. C. Collins Farmer Caucasian Male 38 Stomach Comer, Madison County, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Collins Cemetery
Drake Caucasian Male Premature birth W Broad St & N Milledge Ave Dunaway and Sons Madison County, Georgia
Wyatt Brown Gardener African American Male 60 Nephritis S Rocksprings St & W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Maxeys, Georgia
Allin Eberhardt African American Male 0 Pneumonia, Whooping Cough 385 N Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Tomhs Cleveland African American Male 4 Accident (fire) 879 W Waddell St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Harry Harris Prather Farmer Caucasian Male 18 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Blasingame Cemetery
Lloyd Edward Beacham Caucasian Male 0 Spine Nellie B Ave & Cone Dr Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Charlie James Barber Caucasian Male 31 Cancer 350 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. R. Hale Clerk Caucasian Male 52 Pneumonia 620 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Robt. Jackson Farm Laborer African American Male 23 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Barnett Chapel Cemetery
Edward Bakin African American Male 0 Indigestion [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Howard Brown Farmer African American Male 55 Homicide/Accident [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Hull, Georgia
Senica E. Reese Retired Caucasian Male 71 Pneumonia 176 Brittain Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Mound Cemetery
Henry Parrott Laborer African American Male 70 Typhoid fever 320 Macon Ave Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Robert Horton African American Male 0 Malnutrition 1349 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Willie Barnett African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Allen Fleming Merchant Caucasian Male 60 Heart S Lumpkin St & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Laurens, South Carolina
L. B. Barnett Porter African American Male 29 Tuberculosis Chicago, IL W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Joseph Hardeman Farmer African American Male 31 Tuberculosis Indale Ave & Glenhaven Ave W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Hirsher B. Maddox Laborer African American Male 27 Stomach 144 Willow St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Sam Vergius Laborer African American Male 55 Nephritis 1142 W Broad St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Judge Bolds Laborer African American Male 54 Cancer 269 Athens Ave Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
William J. Procter Retired Caucasian Male 82 Cystitis 258 Springdale St Dorsey Furniture Co.
William G. Middleton Farmer African American Male 21 Influenza [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Will Henry Graham Porter African American Male 47 Heart 542 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Summer Jewell Bird Farmer Caucasian Male 50 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Boggs Chapel Cemetery
J. C. Mcclain Clerk Caucasian Male 46 Tuberculosis 130 Springdale St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Willie Eberheart African American Male 1 Stomach Watkinsville, Oconee County, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Wm. Thos. Williams Farmer Caucasian Male 25 [Nothing Listed] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Joseph H. Hardrup Drayman Caucasian Male 55 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rogers Lee Smith African American Male 0 Premature Milledge Terrace & Greenwood Drive Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Jas Winfrey African American Male 0 Croup [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Crowder African American Male Stillborn North Avenue & Spring Ct Geo Crowder [father] [family] Athens, Georgia
Whitehead Farmer Caucasian Male Premature Bogart, GA [Nothing Listed] Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
John Elder Child African American Male 0 Premature birth N Hull St & N Lumpkin St Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
George Dan Willoughby Farmer Caucasian Male 14 Stomach Clarke County, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Stephens, Georgia
W. C. Fox Reverend Caucasian Male 60 [??] 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dorsey Furniture Co. Atlanta, Georgia
Wyatt Fears Laborer African American Male 48 Paralysis Hickory St & Willow St Bernstein Brothers Farrar, Georgia
H. S. Bullock Farmer Caucasian Male 77 Heart, Hernia Danielsville, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Hart Family Cemetery
Wylie Grannerson African American Male 59 Paralysis E Broad St & S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Watkinsville, Georgia
John R. Coleman Farmer African American Male 17 Natural causes [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
William Reed Barber African American Male 41 Apoplexy North Avenue & Spring Ct Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
F. M. David Caucasian Male 64 Heart E Dougherty St & Foundry St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Herbert Johnson Barber African American Male 1 Colitis 684 S Church St Dorsey Furniture Co. Saint Matthew Baptist Church Cemetery
James Sanford Christain Caucasian Male 76 Paralysis, Hemmorhage [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville Cemetery
Mark Cokley Laborer African American Male 50 Heart Milledge Terrace & Greenwood Drive Mack and Payne Allenville Cemetery
Arthur Jackson Janitor African American Male 20 Pneumonia Baxter St & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers
Ellis S. Colquitt Farmer Caucasian Male 19 Tuberculosis Double Bridge Rd & Bob Godfrey Rd Dorsey Furniture Co. Colquitt Cemetery
Matt Thomas Driver African American Male 60 Heart, Bright's Disease, Pneumonia 468 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Samuel P Rowe Merchant Caucasian Male 62 Diabetes 205 Old Commerce Rd. Dorsey Furniture Co. Boaz, Alabama
Harry K. Yarbrough Farmer Caucasian Male 21 Poisoning 1173 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Joe Barnett Laborer African American Male 18 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
James Monroe Smith Farmer Caucasian Male 98 Old Age 148 Bryan St Dorsey Furniture Co. Mount Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Jacob Julius Spicke Caucasian Male 0 Syphilis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jerry Johns Laborer African American Male 77 Nephritis W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Garnett Hughley African American Male 0 Unknown 224 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Moseman Caucasian Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Clarke County, Georgia
Samuel Carter Fielding Carpenter Caucasian Male 43 Dysentery E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. Doss Tribble Farmer Caucasian Male 58 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia

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