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
Henry Scott African American Male 0 Stillborn 137 Odd St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Leroy Parks Caucasian Male 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Lawrencevile, Georgia
M Ector Janitor African American Male 49 Heart 293 S Finley St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Solman Byrd Laborer African American Male 75 Pneumonia 660 W Broad St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Chas. H. Krumrine Engineer Caucasian Male 37 Cancer Strong St & N Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Marvin Gabriel Child Caucasian Male 8 Infection Lexington, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
John L. Gholson Sales Caucasian Male 19 Diabetes 360 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Milledgesville, Georgia
Edw. D. Treanor Farmer Caucasian Male 62 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Milledgeville, Georgia
George P. Brightwell Retired Caucasian Male 74 Heart 168 N Finley St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
George Stricklyn African American Male Stillborn 483 Third St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Luther C. Neleus Mill Employee Caucasian Male 64 Influenza 744 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Columbus Foley Laborer African American Male Homicide Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
J. P. Merritt Laborer African American Male 51 Heart 280 Savannah Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
J. M. Pope Farmer African American Male 60 Heart Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Winterville, Georgia
John Potts Painter Caucasian Male 78 Bright's Disease, Heart 552 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hawkins Dillard Farmer African American Male 61 Diabetes [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Zion Cemetery
Martin G. Greenway Caucasian Male 4 Diabetes 485 Nacoochee Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Monroe Bowers (Pink) Morton Retired Capitalist African American Male 63 Stomach 823 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Athens, Georgia
Robert Lee Arnold Child Caucasian Male 0 Intestinal Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Dunlap Cemetery
Henry Horton Shoemaker African American Male 49 Cancer 535 Reese St Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Neel Smith Farmer African American Male 44 Heart W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave Mack and Payne
Andrew Collins Laborer African American Male 68 Nephritis 1776 W Broad St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
James Hartman Lee Caucasian Male 0 Stomach Whitehall, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Whitehall, Georgia
J Alonzo Hale Mill Employee Caucasian Male 21 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
Frank Moss Laborer African American Male 22 Influenza, Tuberculosis 1469 W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlie Cochran Laborer African American Male 22 Homicide (gun) Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Will Curtis Barber Caucasian Male 0 Colitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Lewis Lester Drayman African American Male 52 Apoplexy 599 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Amous William Jeffery African American Male 0 Food poisoning Athens, GA Gadsen Jeffery [father] [family] Oconee County, Georgia
Dolittle African American Male 0 Premature birth 270 Satula Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Mars Hill Cemetery
Harris African American Male 0 Stillborn 1375 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Geo. Ramey Farmer African American Male 51 Stomach 186 John St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Brown African American Male Stillborn 128 Odd St Pauper, no undertaker; J. H. Booth, health officer
Charlie Williams Retired Caucasian Male 61 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature 360 N Milledge Ave. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Edw. Veal African American Male 0 Teething [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
James A. Pitner Merchant Caucasian Male 65 Cancer Barrow St & Barber St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Ralph E. Bishop Caucasian Male 1 Poisoning Georgia Ave & Normal Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Family Burial Ground
J. B. Williams Farmer Caucasian Male 27 Nephritis Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Bolton African American Male Premature birth 167 Savannah Ave Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Eddie K Lane Garage Porter African American Male 19 Lungs 185 Derby St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding 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
M.L. Fambrough Reverend African American Male 37 Diabetes 524 Reese St Mack and Payne Madison County, Georgia
Dean None African American Male Stillborn 200 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy J. H. Booth Health Office Athens, Georgia
John Jones Drayman African American Male 40 [??] 286 1st St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Asbury Rucker Farmer African American Male 80 Heart Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Crawford, Georgia
Joe Meyers Caucasian Male 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Hale-Meyer Cemetery
Wyett Smith Student African American Male 15 Pneumonia 1140 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
John William Baughcam Mill Employee Caucasian Male 66 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Old Barnett Shoals Cemetery
Henry Stephens Farmer African American Male 16 Bronchitis Tallassee Rd. & Whitehead Rd [Nothing Listed] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
James Earnist Eidson Farmer Caucasian Male 42 Stomach Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hugh Caucasian Male Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Henry Dellinger Farmer Caucasian Male 80 Old Age [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Wm Ed Watkins Sales Caucasian Male 60 Pellagra S Finley St & W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Louther T. Escoe Child Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 569 Pulaski St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Holmes None Caucasian Male 0 Stillborn, Heart Boulevard & N Chase St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Marion Mason Smith Caucasian Male Stillborn Hoyt St & N Jackson St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Edward Lee Thompson Invalid Caucasian Male 16 Heart, Infection Statham, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Jackson County, Georgia
John H. Milner Printer Caucasian Male 78 Heart 279 Meigs St Dorsey Furniture Co. Westview Cemetery
Sandy Scott Laborer African American Male 75 Dropsy 472 North Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Wm. J. Peeples Insurance Agent Caucasian Male 57 395 S Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Lawrenceville, Georgia
Callie J. Bridges Farmer Caucasian Male 89 Paralysis Hull, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlie Lester Farmer African American Male 50 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Roy Landers Caucasian Male 3 Typhoid fever, meningitis 338 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Josh Stewart Laborer African American Male 27 Infection 1237 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Billups Grove Cemetery
J. R. Ford Farmer Caucasian Male 78 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mitchell, Georgia
Merton Albert Broach Student Caucasian Male 14 Infection S Lumpkin St & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
W. C. Patrick Mill Employee Caucasian Male 28 Tuberculosis 340 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Penfield, Georgia
H.J. Nelms Farmer Caucasian Male 63 Cancer 360 N Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Madison County, Georgia
Claud Merritte Child African American Male 0 Brain, Hemorrhage Baxter St & S Lumpkin St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Walter Griffin Power Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 58 Pneumonia Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Osie Umgfield Farmer African American Male 41 Heart Strong St & N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Akerson Harris African American Male 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Rosemary Funeral Directors Brooklyn Cemetery
Willie Drinks Mill Employee African American Male 23 Pneumonia 1264 E Broad St Mack and Payne Uvalda, Georgia
R. L. Melton Merchant Caucasian Male 24 Pneumonia 1725 W Broad St B. Dunaway and Sons Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
William D. Greggs Driver Caucasian Male 49 Cancer 153 Inglewood Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Francis E. Burns Student Caucasian Male 26 Tuberculosis 698 Cobb St Dunbar & Dorsey Saint John's Cemetery in Pawling, New York
Dock Muckle Farmer African American Male 55 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Woods African American Male Premature [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Wm J Thornton Retired Caucasian Male 77 Apoplexy Grady Ave & Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Robert Holman Smith African American Male 0 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons
Richard Bayne Farmer African American Male 75 Arteries North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Frank Jones Laborer Caucasian Male 15 Heart [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Lula, Georgia
Flipper Craig Farmer African American Male 42 Gun [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
J V Williams African American Male Stillborn 176 Billups St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
General Jackson Peyton Reverend Caucasian Male 61 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Harvey Cooper Student Caucasian Male 17 Heart E Dougherty St & Foundry St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. Tom Beazley Guard Caucasian Male 62 Apoplexy College Ave & E Broad St Dunbar & Dorsey Princeton Factory
Giles B. Jennings Retired Caucasian Male 81 Unknown 166 Cloverhurst Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Lovick P. Doolittle Carpenter Caucasian Male 76 Uremia, Heart, Nephritis, Arteries 850 Boulevard McDorman Bridges Co. Mars Hill Cemetery
Chas. Harris Laborer African American Male 71 Bladder 154 Yonah Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Felton Butler Farmer African American Male 19 Brain Jefferson, Jackson County, GA J. E. Randolph [Randolph Brothers]
Jack Williams Caucasian Male 0 Asphyxiation 915 N Chase St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature 125 Wilcox St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ben Langston Drayman African American Male 60 Bright's disease W Hancock Ave & N Billups St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Lemar Augusta Hector African American Male 0 Pneumonia 137 Cain St Mack and Payne Watkinsville, Georgia
W. H. H. Walton Farmer Caucasian Male 74 Nephritis Strong St & N Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
John Williams Farmer African American Male 55 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
David W. Bailey Plumber Caucasian Male 64 Heart Hoyt St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery

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