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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Elic | Wade | Laborer | African American | Male | 48 | Apoplexy | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Mattie | Partee | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 52 | Apoplexy | Sanford Dr & Baldwin St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia |
Ola Mae | Thompson | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 32 | Apoplexy | 415 Foundry St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | High Shoals, Georgia |
Lou | Mills | Housework | African American | Female | 68 | Apoplexy | 140 Rockspring St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Willie | Foster | Laborer | African American | Female | 45 | Apoplexy | Milledge Terrace & Greenwood Drive | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Lewis | Lester | Drayman | African American | Male | 52 | Apoplexy | 599 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Wm Jas Thos | Baker | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 67 | Apoplexy | Strong St & Foundry St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
B G | Bullock | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 65 | Apoplexy | 146 Herring St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Anna | Tiller | Cook | African American | Female | 48 | Apoplexy | 144 Chase St | Mack and Payne | Billups Grove Cemetery |
Victoria | Wages | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 79 | Apoplexy | 4180 Jefferson Rd. | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Sussie E. | Hawkins | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 61 | Apoplexy | 1468 E Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Hall County, Georgia |
Richard | Collins | Laborer | African American | Male | 70 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
James David | Roberts | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 24 | Apoplexy | Warren St & Vine St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Eddie | Goosby | Laborer | African American | Male | 41 | Apoplexy | 248 Arch St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
John | Winfrey | Retired | African American | Male | 100 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Billups Grove Cemetery |
Swiff | Stevens | Farmer | African American | Male | 55 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Florence Long | Bartow | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 65 | Apoplexy | 436 Dearing St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Julia | Williams | Laborer | African American | Female | 70 | Apoplexy | 187 S Miller St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Georgia | Hammand | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 63 | Apoplexy | 120 Herring St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery |
Harett | Simmons | Laborer | African American | Female | 95 | Apoplexy | 163 Prince Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
D. F. | Whitehead | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 81 | Apoplexy | 296 N Lumpkin St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Porterfield Cemetery |
M. W. | Cochran | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | 168 Grady Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Antioch Christian Church Cemetery |
Hattie Belle | Ross | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 50 | Apoplexy | 545 Pulaski St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Amalie | Bullock | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 40 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Thompson Burroughs Cemetery |
Ellen | Gregory | Laborer | African American | Female | 70 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Joe | Payne | African American | Male | 70 | Apoplexy | S Rocksprings St & W Broad St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Permelia | Murry | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 78 | Apoplexy | Boulevard & N Chase St | Bernstein Brothers | Madison County, Georgia |
Sallie | Brown | Domestic | African American | Female | 41 | Apoplexy | 1443 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
William H | Flanagan | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 53 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Jessie | Martin | Domestic | African American | Female | 45 | Apoplexy | 1055 Prince Ave | B. Dunaway and Sons | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
S. R. | Mcduffie | Accountant | Caucasian | Male | 36 | Apoplexy | Milledge Ave & Cobb St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Martha M. | Stanford | Retired | Caucasian | Female | 75 | Apoplexy | Thompson, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | McCrary-Lewis Cemetery |
Nolia | Witcher | Cook | African American | Female | 29 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Julie | Harris | Housework | African American | Female | 42 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Lula | Smith | Laundress | African American | Female | 45 | Apoplexy | E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Wm J | Thornton | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 77 | Apoplexy | Grady Ave & Dubose Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
J. Tom | Beazley | Guard | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Apoplexy | College Ave & E Broad St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Princeton Factory |
Winnie | Smith | Farmer | African American | Female | 45 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Oconee County, Georgia |
Frank | Myers | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 57 | Apoplexy | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Sallie | Bishop | Caucasian | Female | 75 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Wm | Brown | Steward | African American | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | 760 Chase St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Tom J | Tiller | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Bogart, Georgia |
Fannie | Hane | Cook | African American | Female | 40 | Apoplexy | 269 Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Spencer | Holt | Laborer | African American | Male | 78 | Apoplexy | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Robert Marcell | Miller | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 76 | Apoplexy | 150 King Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Middle River Cemetery |
Minnie | Carter | Cook | African American | Female | 39 | Apoplexy | 550 Odd St | W. P. Hopson | Crawford, Georgia |
Cornelia S. | Powell | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 54 | Apoplexy | 940 College Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Athens, Georgia |
Frank | Pittard | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville, Georgia |
Berry | Nickerson | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Apoplexy | Watkinsville, Oconee County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
John | Fambro | Laborer | African American | Male | 52 | Apoplexy | 141 N Newton St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Lizzie | Oliver | Domestic | African American | Female | 50 | Apoplexy | Reese St & N Newton St | Lomax & Morton | Athens, Georgia |
Emily | Mckennon | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 74 | Apoplexy | 357 Oak St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Fannie A | Turner | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 89 | Apoplexy | 125 N Milledge Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
William | Reed | Barber | African American | Male | 41 | Apoplexy | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
F. H. | Cobb | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 49 | Apoplexy | 836 N Lumpkin St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Middle River Church Cemetery |
Ida | Bisson | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 50 | Apoplexy | Cemetery St & East Campus Road | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Albert | Ham | Laborer | African American | Male | 70 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Lomax & Morton | Athens, Georgia |
Bettie | Love | Domestic | African American | Female | 82 | Apoplexy | 1052 W Reese St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Rena M. | Dorman | Caucasian | Female | 62 | Apoplexy, Arteries | Strong St & Foundry St | Bernstein Brothers | Toccoa, Georgia | |
Lizzie | Fambrough | Cook | African American | Female | 28 | Apoplexy, Brain | W Hancock Ave & N Milledge Ave | Mack and Payne | Chester, South Carolina |
Will | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 54 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemmorhage | North Avenue & Willow Street | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Jean | Robinson | Laborer | African American | Male | 78 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage | Woodlawn Ave & Stanton Way | Bernstein Brothers | Allensville, Georgia |
Julia | Williams | Domestic | African American | Female | 76 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage | 298 Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Sarah H. | Williams | Caucasian | Female | 71 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage | 224 Milledge Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Laura | Speer | None | Caucasian | Female | 64 | Apoplexy, Cancer | 725 Prince Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Virginia | Wynn | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 76 | Apoplexy, Fall | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
L. A. | Herring | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 42 | Apoplexy, Female | Colbert, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Colbert, Georgia |
George | Davis | Laborer | African American | Male | 48 | Apoplexy, Hemmorhage | Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave | Mack and Payne | Watkinsville, Georgia |
W. A. | Clarke | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Apoplexy, Influenza | 245 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Leila Estel | Cooper | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 42 | Apoplexy, Nephritis | Elizabeth St & Willow St | Bernstein Brothers | Hull, Georgia |
J. P. | Bradford | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 68 | Apoplexy, Paralysis | Satula Ave & Boulevard | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Hugh | Mckay | Caucasian | Male | 78 | Apoplexy, Paralysis | 360 N Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Greenville, South Carolina | |
A. O. | Harper | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 69 | Apoplexy, Paralysis | 436 Dearing St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Al Benny | Wright | African American | Male | 11 | Apoplexy, Whooping Cough | US-441 & Sandy Creek Rd | Dunbar & Dorsey | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Henry | Evans | African American | Male | 50 | Appendicitis | 166 Paris St | Bernstein Brothers | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Wm | Smith | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 38 | Appendicitis | 180 Hiawassee Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Braselton, Georgia |
J.H. | Williams | Printer | Caucasian | Male | 56 | Appendicitis | 225 N Thomas St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
William | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 26 | Appendix | 270 Atlanta Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
L. L. | Brandon | Proprietor | Caucasian | Male | 33 | Appendix | [Unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Lenia May | Bushin | Child | African American | Female | 12 | Appendix | 392 Augusta Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Madison County, Georgia |
Leonard | Butler | Farm Laborer | Caucasian | Male | 17 | Appendix | Madison County, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | |
Francis | Epper | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 61 | Appendix | 297 Peabody | Dunbar & Dunaway | Athens, Georgia |
Leila M. | Borrow | Student | African American | Female | 11 | Appendix | 181 Lyndon Ave | Mack and Payne | Greene County, Georgia |
Josephine Lewis | Hammond | Caucasian | Female | 45 | Appendix, Surgery, Infection, Pneumonia | Monroe, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Rest Haven Cemetery | |
Richard | Bayne | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Arteries | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Cicero | Jones | Laborer | African American | Male | 57 | Arteries | 542 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Charlotte L. | Derricotte | African American | Female | 64 | Arteries | Everett, Massachusetts | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
Lucy | Harris | Domestic | African American | Female | 66 | Arteries | S Church St & Waddell St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Fannie M | Lewis | Teacher | African American | Female | 63 | Arteries | 1280 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Annie M. W. | Bryant | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 36 | Arteries | 257 Woodlawn Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Ruth | Bates | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 75 | Arteries | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Lucinda | Sloan | Laborer | African American | Female | 80 | Arteries | 1132 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Alfred B. | Bailey | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Arteries | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Union Point, Georgia |
Commodore Decatur | Caffee | Store Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 69 | Arteries | Atlanta, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Soule Cemetery in Swanquarter, North Carolina |
B. F. | Wood | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 65 | Arteries | 163 W Hancock Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Melia | Thrasher | Laborer | African American | Female | 65 | Arteries, Apoplexy | 130 Green St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Ben | Tilman | Laborer | African American | Male | 70 | Arteries, Brights | 515 W Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Liboria | Paleuisans | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 90 | Arteries, Broken bone, Old Age | Boulevard & Virginia Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Elizabeth | Mitchell | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 90 | Arteries, Dysentery | 723 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Winterville Cemetery |
G. L. | Baxter | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 48 | Arteries, Hernia | Commerce, GA | M. S. Sanders [individual] | Union Baptist Church Cemetery |