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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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 |