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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Wm. Alexander | Lewis | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 3 | Infection | 236 W Dougherty St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Kenneth | Lilly | Mason | Caucasian | Male | 27 | Carbolic poisoning | 225 Barrow St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Spencer | Lester | Laborer | African American | Male | 54 | Heart, Dropsy | 1760 W Hancock Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Fred Lucas | Johnson | African American | Male | 0 | [??] | Grove St & Oconee St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Filmore | Dailey | Caucasian | Male | 2 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Jackson County, Georgia | |
George | Mitchel | Farmer | African American | Male | 21 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Union Point, Georgia |
Alsa F. | Reddling | Guard | Caucasian | Male | 58 | Aarteries, Heart, Bright's Disease | Whitehall, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | |
James L. | Reeves | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 63 | Uremia, Heart | Danielsville, Madison County, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Madison County, Georgia |
Jos. White | Woods | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 82 | Bright's Disease, Heart | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Joseph A | Landrum | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Paralysis | Whitehall, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Big Creek Church Cemetery |
William J. | Glenn | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 63 | Heart | North Avenue & Spring | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
James D. | Price | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 65 | Heart | 248 Springdale St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Tom | Bank | African American | Male | 45 | Periostitis | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Merriweather | African American | Male | Stillborn | 268 S Thomas St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Claud C. | Cox | Laborer | African American | Male | Suicide (drowning) | State St & Hoyt St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Landrum | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Infection | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Whitehall, Georgia | ||
Wade Hampton | Dyre | Laborer | African American | Male | 36 | Apoplexy | 195 Lyndon Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
John Thos. | Stanley | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 45 | Heart | 207 Franklin St | Bernstein Brothers | Hampton, Georgia |
William Lloyd | Smith | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 41 | Pneumonia, Influenza | 375 Peter St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Athens, Georgia |
Calvin | Nilson | Laborer | African American | Male | 19 | Tuberculosis | 183 Miller St | Mack and Payne | Woodville, Georgia |
Richard | Booth | Laborer | African American | Male | 38 | Hemmorhage | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Nick | Gear | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Old Age | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Carlton | Beusse | Student | Caucasian | Male | 13 | Infection | E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Henry | Shaw | African American | Male | 34 | Heart, Nephritis | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia | |
M | Ector | Janitor | African American | Male | 49 | Heart | 293 S Finley St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
J T | Mclean | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 80 | Hernia | Stephens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Stephens, Georgia |
Andrew | Stroud | African American | Male | 0 | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Chester Leroy | Harris | African American | Male | 0 | Dysentery | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Watkinsville, Georgia | |
Wm. T. | Bruce | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 68 | Paralysis | Oak St & Kent St | Bernstein Brothers | Comer, Georgia |
T C | Mead | Jeweler | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Brain | 865 Boulevard | Bernstein Brothers | Princeton Factory |
James H. | Sheppard | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 88 | Nephritis | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Cash | African American | Male | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | ||
Collins | Caucasian | Male | Delivery | Danielsville, GA | B. Dunaway and Sons | Family Cemetery | |||
Morton | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Lattin | African American | Male | Lungs | Milledge Avenue Extension & East Campus Road | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia | |||
Horston | Haynes | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Jones | African American | Male | Premature | 149 S Lumpkin St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery | |||
Sebo | Jordan | Farmer | African American | Male | 20 | Tuberculosis | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Horton Cemetery |
E. G. | Turner | Salesmen | Caucasian | Male | 51 | Cancer | 728 Cobb St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
David | Johnson | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | [unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | ||
Clement | Walker | African American | Male | 0 | Stomach | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia | |
James | Woodly | Unknown | African American | Male | 17 | Typhoid fever | 230 Derby St | W. P. Hopson | Calhoun Falls, South Carolina |
Joseph H. | Lovinggood | Painter | African American | Male | 45 | Heart | 540 Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
George M. | Booth | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Kidneys, Heart, Bright's | 445 Meigs St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
James | Smith | Prisoner | African American | Male | 23 | Homicide (gun) | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | County Farm |
Steve | Stanley | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | Washington D.C. | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
L C | Wise | Child | African American | Male | 1 | Pneumonia | 137 Strickland Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
John | Gilmore | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Wm | Eaton | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 85 | Paralysis | 440 Foundry St | Bernstein Brothers | Franklin County, Georgia |
Gaddis | Caucasian | Male | Premature birth, Stillborn | Strong St & N Jackson St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |||
Henry | Strickland | Laborer | African American | Male | 57 | Apoplexy | 185 N Peter St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Charlie | Little | African American | Male | 0 | Convulsions | 167 Odd St | Dunbar & Dunaway | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Harry C. | Johnson | Planter | Caucasian | Male | 19 | Accident (cotton gin) | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Charlie | Williams | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 61 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Geo. | Richards | African American | Male | 3 | Accident (fire) | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | ||
Reese | Colquitt | Tailor | African American | Male | 42 | Heart | 294 Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Robert | Woods | Caucasian | Male | 4 | Accident, Blunt Force Trauma | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
John | Jones | Drayman | African American | Male | 40 | [??] | 286 1st St | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Henry | Horton | Shoemaker | African American | Male | 49 | Cancer | 535 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Claud | Billips | Child | African American | Male | 2 | Diphtheria | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Billups Grove Cemetery |
E. A. | Prince | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 68 | Cancer | 235 Satula Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Charlie | Barnett | Child | African American | Male | 6 | Influenza | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Ed. D. | Meslor | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Nephritis, Heart, Brain | E Broad St & S Jackson St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia | |
Neal | Aycock | African American | Male | 9 | Accident (fire) | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery | |
James Hartman | Lee | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Stomach | Whitehall, GA | Dunbar & Dunaway | Whitehall, Georgia | |
W. A. | Clarke | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Apoplexy, Influenza | 245 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Andrew | Collins | Laborer | African American | Male | 68 | Nephritis | 1776 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Willie Myer | Fowler | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Jim | Haze | Farmer | African American | Male | 50 | Apoplexy | North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Wyett | Smith | Student | African American | Male | 15 | Pneumonia | 1140 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Jasper | Hemphill | Minister | African American | Male | 64 | Heart | 199 Marlin St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Jack | Bowmans | Laborer | African American | Male | 60 | Nephritis | 195 Lyndon Rd. | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Will Henry | Barnett | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | H.C. Tolbert by A.B. Barnett [father] [family] | Madison County, Georgia | |
Amous William | Jeffery | African American | Male | 0 | Food poisoning | Athens, GA | Gadsen Jeffery [father] [family] | Oconee County, Georgia | |
William O. | Terrell | African American | Male | 0 | Syphilis | Hendrix Ave & Pulaski Heights | B. Dunaway and Sons | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Rufus | Mack | Child | African American | Male | 13 | Accident (drowning) | 290 Peter St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Henry Frank | Smith | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 26 | Stomach | Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Charlie | Woodley | Laborer | African American | Male | 50 | Nephritis | 230 Derby St | Mack and Payne | |
J. P. | Merritt | Laborer | African American | Male | 51 | Heart | 280 Savannah Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Willie A. | Draper | Caucasian | Male | 49 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | McDorman Bridges Co. | Bogart, Georgia | |
Shipp | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Premature | 228 Barber St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | ||
Alfred | Thomas | Mechanic | African American | Male | 27 | Tuberculosis | Hickman Dr. & College Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Don | Dupree | Physician | Caucasian | Male | 40 | Heart | S Milledge Ave & W Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Henry Reginald | Walters | Banker | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Heart | 198 Hall St | Bernstein Brothers | Jacksonville, Florida |
Pink | Morton | African American | Male | 4 | Nephritis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery | |
William Edward | Anthony | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Accident (fire) | Winterville, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville, Georgia | |
Carl | Sims | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | J. T. Griffith | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
William | Dotson | Manufacturing | Caucasian | Male | 81 | Pneumonia | 797 Cobb St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Eddie K | Lane | Garage Porter | African American | Male | 19 | Lungs | 185 Derby St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Jones | Child | African American | Male | Stillborn | E Broad St & Hickory St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Brooklyn Cemetery | ||
James Walter | Wright | Student | Caucasian | Male | 7 | Accident (car) | Athens, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Hiram | Echols | Laborer | African American | Male | 53 | Paralysis | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Wilson | Brown | Merchant | African American | Male | 50 | Hemmorhage | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Andrew | Wade | Laborer | African American | Male | 28 | Pneumonia | Lyndon St & Dubose Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Wm Ed | Watkins | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 60 | Pellagra | S Finley St & W Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia |
Hugh | Caucasian | Male | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery | |||
Wallace | Parnell | Caucasian | Male | 12 | Gun | N Peter St & Vine St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Sherman | Nunnally | African American | Male | 0 | Cold | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
John | Terrell | Chauffer | African American | Male | 35 | Heart, Lungs | Crawford, GA | W. P. Hopson | Crawford, Georgia |
John H. | Milner | Printer | Caucasian | Male | 78 | Heart | 279 Meigs St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Westview Cemetery |