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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Eddie | Roach | Student | African American | Male | 7 | Pneumonia | Burney St & Branch St | Bernstein Brothers | |
Rosa J. | Barnett | Student | African American | Female | 8 | Pneumonia | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Marion H. | Downs | Student | Caucasian | Male | 11 | Accident (drowning) | E Broad St & S Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Watkinsville, Georgia |
Leo | Washington | Student | African American | Male | 13 | Accident (drowning) | 259 Chase St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Hugh Maxwell | Haynes | Student | African American | Male | 24 | Tuberculosis | 537 Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Charlie Mae | Stead | Student | African American | Female | 9 | Typhoid fever | 125 Green St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Thurmond | Johnson | Student | African American | Male | 5 | Measles | South Finley St & East Cloverhurst Ave | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Dorkus Lee | Shelton | Student | Caucasian | Male | 9 | Accident (drowning) | 748 Oconee St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Henry R. | Thrasher | Student | Caucasian | Male | 6 | Meningitis | 1253 Prince Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Salem, Georgia |
Lucy Dupree | Erwin | Student | Caucasian | Female | 13 | Brain, Hemmorhage | Dearing St & N Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
John Henry | Westley | Student | African American | Male | 13 | Stomach | Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Salem, Georgia |
Rosa May | Watkins | Student | African American | Female | 14 | Typhoid Fever | E Broad St & South Tabernacle Street | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Carlton | Beusse | Student | Caucasian | Male | 13 | Infection | E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Otis Sims | Camp | Student | Caucasian | Male | 18 | Accident (airplane) | [Unknown Address] | C. M. Ferguson [individual] | Barrow County, Georgia |
James Walter | Wright | Student | Caucasian | Male | 7 | Accident (car) | Athens, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Hellen Inez | Bullard | Student | Caucasian | Female | 9 | Traumatic Head Injury | 360 Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Ella May | Young | Student | African American | Female | 12 | Infection, Hemorrhage | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
T. C. | Johnson | Student | African American | Male | 8 | Stomach | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Madison County, Georgia |
Vainiga | Robinson | Student | African American | Female | 6 | Diphtheria | 548 S Church St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Arlimay | Marble | Student | African American | Female | 14 | Pneumonia | 344 Rockspring St | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Henry | Arnold | Student | Caucasian | Male | 15 | Diabetes | 182 Arch St | Dunbar & Dorsey | O'Kelley Family Cemetery |
Emma Vaginia | Foster | Student | African American | Female | 9 | Diphtheria | S Church St & W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Harry | Mason | Student | African American | Male | 20 | Typhoid fever | E Broad St & S Thomas St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Matilda | Jordan | Student | African American | Female | 8 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Willie M. | Jordan | Student | African American | Female | 6 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Magnolia Ray | Scott | Student | African American | Female | 17 | Female | 137 Odd St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Homer | Holden | Student | Caucasian | Male | 11 | Accident (drowning) | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Oneal | Crow | Student | Caucasian | Male | 17 | Infection | Turnerville, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Turnerville, Georgia |
Jack | Patrick | Student | Caucasian | Male | 9 | Tetanus | 134 1st St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Lula Belle | Hill | Student | African American | Female | 8 | Accident (gun) | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Bairdstown, Georgia |
Annie B. | Wilson | Student | African American | Female | 11 | Stomach | 167 Yonah Ave | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Lulu Mae | Lorring | Student | Caucasian | Female | 13 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia |
Margarette F. | Ritchie | Student | Caucasian | Female | 7 | Pneumonia | Cobb St & Prince Pl | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Mary | Lester | Student | African American | Female | 14 | Tuberculosis | Baxter St & S Rocksprings St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Mary J | Lester | Student | Caucasian | Female | 14 | Hemorrhage, Typhoid fever | US-78 BUS & Mitchell Bridge Rd | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Jas. C. | Cranshaw | Student | African American | Male | 10 | Tuberculosis | Chicago, IL | Bernstein Brothers | Chicago, Illinois |
Cora Bell | Badger | Student | African American | Female | 6 | Accident (fire) | 224 Miller St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Albert E. | Peeler | Student | Caucasian | Male | 7 | Meningitis | 425 Meigs St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Eugene | Pope | Student | African American | Male | 8 | Pneumonia, Tonsilitis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Mabell | Watkins | Student | African American | Female | 12 | Influenza | 253 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Lexington, Georgia |
Alpheus | Sturdivant | Student | Caucasian | Male | 28 | Accident (drowning) | Chipley, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | |
Alfred | Johnson | Student | African American | Male | 16 | Pneumonia | 123 Johnson Dr. | Theo Williams [individual] | City Athens |
Louise | Graham | Student | African American | Female | 14 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville, Georgia |
Loutha Mae | Johnson | Student | African American | Female | 6 | Diphtheria | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Mayfield | Griffieth | Student | African American | Female | 16 | Tuberculosis | 337 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Leila M. | Borrow | Student | African American | Female | 11 | Appendix | 181 Lyndon Ave | Mack and Payne | Greene County, Georgia |
Grady | Welch | Student | Caucasian | Male | 7 | Asphyxiation | Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Florrie Mae | Hubbard | Student | African American | Female | 15 | Lungs | [Unknown Address] | Lomax & Morton | Clarke County, Georgia |
Annie Lue | Stephens | Student | African American | Female | 14 | Nephritis | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Rufus | Williams | Student | African American | Male | 9 | Influenza | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
John Wm. | Mcelhannon | Student | Caucasian | Male | 6 | Meningitis | 247 E Hancock Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
A. Letcher | Griffeth | Street Car | Caucasian | Male | 21 | Typhoid fever | N Chase St & Boulevard | Dunbar & Dorsey | Old Danielsville Presbyterian Cemetery |
Ben F. | Todd | Street Car | Caucasian | Male | 30 | Tuberculosis, Hemorrhage, Acidosis | S Lumpkin St & W Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Commodore Decatur | Caffee | Store Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 69 | Arteries | Atlanta, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Soule Cemetery in Swanquarter, North Carolina |
Leila | Dial | Store Clerk | Caucasian | Female | 35 | Cancer | 597 Baxter St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery |
John W. | Goosby | Store Clerk | African American | Male | 54 | Nephritis | 277 Fairview St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Wm | Brown | Steward | African American | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | 760 Chase St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Jas H | Dozier | State Employee | Caucasian | Male | 58 | Tuberculosis, Kidneys | Meigs St & N Pope St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Taylor | Middlebrooks | Stableman | African American | Male | 41 | Heart | 290 Barber St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Will | Harris | Shoemaker | African American | Male | 41 | Mitral | 226 Flint St | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Henry | Horton | Shoemaker | African American | Male | 49 | Cancer | 535 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Wm | Boyd | Shoemaker | African American | Male | 60 | Nephritis, Heart | 437 N Pope St | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
J.J. | Thomas | Shoemaker | African American | Male | 49 | Tuberculosis | S Hull St & Waddell St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Laura | Thomas | Seamtress | African American | Female | 55 | Unknown | 1248 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery |
Catherne William | Shepard | Seamtress | African American | Female | 45 | Cancer | 733 Dearing St | Mack and Payne | Madison County, Georgia |
Bessie Lou | Davis | Seamstress | African American | Female | 8 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Rebekah | Davis | Seamstress | African American | Female | 91 | Heart | N Thomas St & Strong St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Evaline | Holbrook | Seamstress | African American | Female | 83 | Liver, Stomach | Pince Ave & Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Lillie M. | Smith | Seamstress | African American | Female | 25 | Female | 1140 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Georgia | Jones | Seamstress | African American | Female | 71 | Heart, Nephritis | 522 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Inez | Collins | Seamstress | African American | Female | 24 | Tuberculosis | 347 Augusta Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Fannie | Smith | Seamstress | African American | Female | 54 | Cancer | S Rocksprings St & W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery |
Serema E | Wiley | Seamstress | African American | Female | 49 | Heart | 268 N Chase St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Laura | Neely | Seamstress | African American | Female | 21 | Tuberculosis | Atlanta, GA | W. P. Hopson | |
Clairece | Perry | School | Caucasian | Female | 15 | Stomach | Bostwick, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery |
James Daniel | Childs | Saw Mill Operator | Caucasian | Male | 53 | Hemmorhage | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | |
Jas A | Harbin | Sanitary Inspector | Caucasian | Male | 61 | Suicide (gun) | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
E. G. | Turner | Salesmen | Caucasian | Male | 51 | Cancer | 728 Cobb St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Guy S | Weatherly | Salesmen | Caucasian | Male | 29 | Tuberculosis | 198 E Dougherty St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Claude Earl | Poss | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Heart | Hoyt St & College Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Horace M. | Williamson | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 49 | Pneumonia | 165 Nacoochee Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Bogg's Chapel Cemetery |
William David | Ramsey | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 66 | Poisoning | 158 Woodrow St | McDorman Bridges Co. | |
John L. | Gholson | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 19 | Diabetes | 360 N Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Milledgesville, Georgia |
James Leon | King | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 45 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Boggs Chapel Cemetery |
M. W. | Cochran | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | 168 Grady Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Antioch Christian Church Cemetery |
J. D | Pike | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 63 | Bone | 6248 Athens Hwy, Jefferson, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Jefferson, Georgia |
Wm Ed | Watkins | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 60 | Pellagra | S Finley St & W Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia |
John M. | Blake | Sales | African American | Male | 63 | Heart | Nashville, TN | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Nashville, Tennessee |
Annie | Morrison | Sales | Caucasian | Female | 27 | Tuberculosis | Hoyt St & College Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Carrie May | Hunter | Sales | Caucasian | Female | 54 | Nephritis | Jefferson, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
George Calvin | Aaron | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Tuberculosis | 583 Satula Ave | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee County, Georgia |
Paul W. | Norman | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 41 | Nephritis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | |
M. H. | Dunaway | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 59 | Apoplexy | Gainesville, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Gainesville, Georgia |
James G. | Herring | Road Work | Caucasian | Male | 30 | Stomach | Rutledge, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Fairplay, Georgia |
M.L. | Fambrough | Reverend | African American | Male | 37 | Diabetes | 524 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Madison County, Georgia |
Peter A.F. | Juhlein | Reverend | Caucasian | Male | 76 | Bright's Disease | 153 Vine St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Thomas J. | Harris | Reverend | African American | Male | 50 | Tuberculosis | 160 Paris St | Mack and Payne | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
W. C. | Fox | Reverend | Caucasian | Male | 60 | [??] | 4180 Jefferson Rd. | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Atlanta, Georgia |
Charlie | Walker | Reverend | African American | Male | 65 | Typhoid Fever | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Oscar E. | Satterly | Reverend | Caucasian | Male | 75 | Heart | Athens, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Tiffin, Ohio |