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 Deathsort ascending Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Ray African American Female 0 Unknown, Natural Causes 357 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Mem Rowland Laborer African American Male 69 Unknown, Natural Causes Baxter St & S Lumpkin St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Jackalean Scarbrough Caucasian Female 0 Unknown, Natural Causes Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers Allensville, Georgia
Jim Wilkins Laborer African American Male 42 Unknown, Natural Causes 827 Waddell St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mabell Smith Mill Employee Caucasian Female 22 Unknown, Infection 160 Mitchell St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Will Henry Williams Laborer African American Male 30 Unknown, Heart, Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Daniel Thomas African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Elnora Madox Beautician African American Female 21 Unknown Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave Mack and Payne Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Nellie Bell Deadwyler African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Zion Cemetery
Walden Chase Talmage Clerk Caucasian Male 21 Unknown 360 N Milledge Ave. Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jennie Wright African American Female 74 Unknown 140 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Bobbie Franklin Drake African American Male 0 Unknown Winterville, GA Bob Drake [father] [family] Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Mote Caucasian Female 0 Unknown 198 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Mclease Powers African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Lizzie Hunt [individual] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Unknown African American Female Unknown [Unknown Address] Buried by City Athens, Georgia
Laura Thomas Seamtress African American Female 55 Unknown 1248 W Broad St Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
George D. Daniel Caucasian Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Daniell-Freeman Cemetery
Easter Holts African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Lawson [Deanl?] Green Family Cemetery
Thelma Hopkins African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Neal [individual] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie Barnett African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Jasper Ellis African American Male 2 Unknown Winterville, GA T. G. Holbrook [individual] Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Cook Caucasian Male 0 Unknown Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
George Nunnally Laborer African American Male 65 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Annie Laura Britton Housework African American Female 45 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Callie J. Winnie Bridges Caucasian Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Ethel Lene Bonds African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers
Unknown Caucasian Unknown 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] C. H. Weatherly Co. [Weatherly Funeral Home] Clarke County, Georgia
Francis Baggett Housework Caucasian Female 63 Unknown 904 College Ave Bernstein Brothers Auburn City Cemetery
Jones African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Lucius Gordon Sims Student Caucasian Male 5 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
John William Baughcam Mill Employee Caucasian Male 66 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Old Barnett Shoals Cemetery
Rudell Green African American Male Unknown 437 3rd St B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Birdie May Rucker Housework African American Female 25 Unknown 328 Flint St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mella Pope Domestic African American Female 80 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Ada Neal Cook African American Female 28 Unknown 1750 W Broad St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Collette L, Pitner Retired Caucasian Male 66 Unknown 336 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Newton Johnson African American Male 0 Unknown Athens, GA Mack and Payne Jackson County, Georgia
Edward Hudson Barnett African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Eve Barnett [mother] [family] Davis Graveyard
Curtis Flanagan African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Flanagan [father] [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Ransome Mitchel Farmer African American Male 60 Unknown [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Garnett Hughley African American Male 0 Unknown 224 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Lucy Johnson Farmer African American Female 72 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Hutchins, Georgia
Geo. C. Johnson Child African American Male 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Flossie May Da Bell Hill African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
M. E. Flannery Domestic Caucasian Female 72 Unknown N Hull St & N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Kate Langford Domestic Caucasian Female 16 Unknown 185 Park Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Penfield, Georgia
Janette Johnson Child African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Obey Watson Farmer Caucasian Male 18 Unknown [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Clarke County, Georgia
Murry Eberhart African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] James Eberhart [father] [family] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
J C Carson Caucasian Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Bogart, Georgia
Pearl Thomas Butler African American Male 26 Unknown 379 Meigs St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Millie Moncrief Farmer African American Female 21 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Wade African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Andrew Wade [father] [family] Winterville, Georgia
Estell Nunnally African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ollie Ophelia Couch Domestic Caucasian Female 37 Unknown Jefferson, GA McDorman Bridges Co. Bogart, Georgia
Rosa Nunnally African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Fannye Dean Housework Caucasian Female 71 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Giles B. Jennings Retired Caucasian Male 81 Unknown 166 Cloverhurst Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Henry Clark African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Felman Jordan Child African American Female 0 Unknown 290 Macon Ave Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Magnolia Williams African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] J. T. Griffith Clarke County, Georgia
Virginia Wilson Domestic African American Female 50 Unknown Nowhere Rd & Smokey Rd B. Dunaway and Sons Family Cemetery
Robert T. Barnett Mechanic Caucasian Male 57 Unknown Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlie Patel Caucasian Male 41 Unknown Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
William Crawford Farmer African American Male 50 Ulcer, Cancer Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Roy Cooper Farmer African American Male 22 Ulcer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Alice Fambro Hardaman Housewife Caucasian Female 38 Ulcer State St & Hoyt St Bernstein Brothers Lexington, Georgia
Annie Yerkin Domestic Caucasian Female 58 Ulcer Athens, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Clarke County, Georgia
Robert A Lawrence Mechanic Caucasian Male 59 Ulcer 303 W Hancock Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Boggs Chapel Cemetery
John Davis Owens African American Male 7 Typhoid fever, Whooping Cough 337 1st St Bernstein Brothers Bishop, Georgia
Jas. Harper Gaines Mechanic African American Male 22 Typhoid fever, pneumonia North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Roy Landers Caucasian Male 3 Typhoid fever, meningitis 338 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Daisy Maddox Laborer African American Female 18 Typhoid fever Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Berkly, Georgia
George Clarke Heard Farmer African American Male 59 Typhoid fever [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Will Hill Drayman African American Male 36 Typhoid fever North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Rosa Lee Maddox Laborer African American Female 17 Typhoid fever 361 Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Berkly, Georgia
Celia Lymous Laundress African American Female 26 Typhoid fever North Billups St & Glenhaven Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Charlie Mae Stead Student African American Female 9 Typhoid fever 125 Green St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Lucy May Howard African American Female 7 Typhoid fever [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Old Arnold's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Cortis Williams Caucasian Male 6 Typhoid Fever 298 Baldwin St Bernstein Brothers Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Liza Rogers Housework African American Female 35 Typhoid fever 360 Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Josephine Blackwell Housework African American Female 25 Typhoid Fever 170 Stevens St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Alza Thornton Mill Employee Caucasian Male 18 Typhoid fever 127 Miles St Dorsey Furniture Co. Stone Cemetery
Ranza D. Yarbrough Farmer Caucasian Male 57 Typhoid fever 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dorsey Furniture Co. Mizpah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
A. Letcher Griffeth Street Car Caucasian Male 21 Typhoid fever N Chase St & Boulevard Dunbar & Dorsey Old Danielsville Presbyterian Cemetery
Corene Hawkins Housework African American Female 20 Typhoid fever Whitehall Rd & Barnett Shoals Rd Bernstein Brothers New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Harry Mason Student African American Male 20 Typhoid fever E Broad St & S Thomas St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Henry Parrott Laborer African American Male 70 Typhoid fever 320 Macon Ave Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
S. C. Kellum Housework Caucasian Female 72 Typhoid fever 128 1st St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Charlie Walker Reverend African American Male 65 Typhoid Fever Athens, GA Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Lessie Estell Harwell Housework Caucasian Female 23 Typhoid fever 1083 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Rosa May Watkins Student African American Female 14 Typhoid Fever E Broad St & South Tabernacle Street Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Robert Dykes African American Male 1 Typhoid fever 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Heights Cemetery
Doss Jennings Farmer African American Male 30 Typhoid fever [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jennie B. Elie Housewife African American Female 18 Typhoid fever 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Heights Cemetery
David Hawkins Farmer African American Male 19 Typhoid fever [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Fred Johnson Farmer African American Male 36 Typhoid fever [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Ed Horton Farmer African American Male 13 Typhoid fever Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Ida Lou Crane Student African American Female 7 Typhoid fever 1133 W Broad Mack and Payne Bush River Church Cemetery
J.W. Nixon Farmer Caucasian Male 34 Typhoid fever Winterville Rd & Lexington Rd B. Dunaway and Sons Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery

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