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 Occupationsort ascending Race Sex Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Wm Smith Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 38 Appendicitis 180 Hiawassee Ave Bernstein Brothers Braselton, Georgia
James D. Price Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 65 Heart 248 Springdale St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
John Thos. Stanley Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 45 Heart 207 Franklin St Bernstein Brothers Hampton, Georgia
W. A. Clarke Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 62 Apoplexy, Influenza 245 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
W. H. Wade Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 45 Accident (railroad train) [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Atlanta, Georgia
Charlie Sims Railroad Employee African American Male 50 Paralysis [Unknown Address] Sara Ann Moore [individual] Clarke County, Georgia
Will Evans Railroad Employee African American Male 39 Mental Health, Heart 488 Strong St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Jutson Elder Railroad Employee African American Male 18 Stomach 482 Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Oconee County, Georgia
Earl O. Shealy Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 27 Accident (railroad train) 240 DuBose Ave Bernstein Brothers Augusta, Georgia
Alfred B. Bailey Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 62 Arteries Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Union Point, Georgia
John Nickson Railroad Employee African American Male 59 Heart Grove St & Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Owen D. Perry Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 33 Accident (fall) 340 Barber Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ralph Gales Railroad Employee African American Male Meningitis Crawford, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Crawford, Georgia
Frank Western Garrison Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 45 Homicide Fountain Grove, SC Bernstein Brothers Fountain Inn Municipal Cemetery
James B. Mccluid Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 66 Pneumonia, Stomach 237 Bryan St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Charlie Gardner Public Work African American Male 33 Heart 1760 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Crawfordville, Georgia
Anthiney Bailey Public Work African American Male 18 Heart, Lung, Kidneys 123 Franklin St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
L. L. Brandon Proprietor Caucasian Male 33 Appendix [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Henry Clay White Professor Caucasian Male 78 Pneumonia 480 S Milledge St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
E. A. Luster Professor Caucasian Male 71 Heart 150 Cloverhurst Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Joseph Lustrat Professor Caucasian Male 68 Heart 109 Herty Dr Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Janie Glenn Prisoner African American Female 70 Heart [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. County Farm
James Smith Prisoner African American Male 23 Homicide (gun) [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons County Farm
John Harris Prisoner African American Male 48 Pneumonia, Surgery Clarke County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons County Pauper Farm
John H. Milner Printer Caucasian Male 78 Heart 279 Meigs St Dorsey Furniture Co. Westview Cemetery
A. T. Thomas Printer Caucasian Male 35 Stomach Pulaski St & Barrow St Bernstein Brothers Franklin County, Georgia
Richard Thomas Printer Caucasian Male 56 Tuberculosis 797 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
J.H. Williams Printer Caucasian Male 56 Appendicitis 225 N Thomas St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Jones Presser African American Male 29 Tuberculosis W Broad St & S Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Warren Shaw Presser African American Male 33 Stomach, Heart 882 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Austin H Vaughn Power Company Caucasian Male 36 Accident (electricity) [Unknown Address] McDorman Bridges Co.
Howard Buggs Porter African American Male 44 Tuberculosis E Broad St & S Tabernacle Street Bernstein Brothers Hutchins, Georgia
Albert Tate Porter African American Male 25 Hemorrhage 215 Lumpkin St W. P. Hopson New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Will Henry Graham Porter African American Male 47 Heart 542 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
June Moore Porter African American Male 42 Pellagra [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Elberton, Georgia
L. B. Barnett Porter African American Male 29 Tuberculosis Chicago, IL W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Willie Finley Porter African American Male 20 Tuberculosis Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Charlie Hubbert Porter African American Male 53 Heart 330 Augusta Ave Mack and Payne
Edwin C. Poss Police Caucasian Male 43 Heart 735 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Poss-McLeroy Family Cemetery
W. J. Brittian Police Caucasian Male 42 Nephritis North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charles W. Heard Police Caucasian Male 64 Paralysis 585 Barber St Dorsey Furniture Co. Bogart, Georgia
Sam Mcleroy Police Caucasian Male 58 Accident (car) Danielsville, Madison County, GA Hemperley Undertaking Company Madison County, Georgia
David W. Bailey Plumber Caucasian Male 64 Heart Hoyt St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Julius Dornblatt Plumber Caucasian Male 68 Cancer W Hancock Ave & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Pete Harris Plumber African American Male 43 Pneumonia 115 Milledge Terrace W. P. Hopson Washington, Georgia
Tom Richards Plumber Caucasian Male 46 Tuberculosis 185 Poplar St B. Dunaway and Sons Princeton Factory
William Holbrooks Plumber African American Male 44 Surgery 1367 W Broad Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
George Wagner Plasterer African American Male 65 Heart Hickman Dr. & College Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
J A Voyles Planter Caucasian Male 66 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
John W. Fowler Planter Caucasian Male 52 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Wm. J. Threlkeld Planter Caucasian Male 75 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Richard P Bell Planter Caucasian Male 71 Heart, Kidneys 135 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Glade Baptist Church Cemetery
Thomas E. Middlebrooks Planter Caucasian Male 84 Old Age 225 Henderson Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James D. Powell Planter Caucasian Male 70 Heart Conyers, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Madison County, Georgia
Eunice Roberson Planter African American Male 24 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Harry C. Johnson Planter Caucasian Male 19 Accident (cotton gin) Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jim Griffith Planter Caucasian Male 56 Gangrene Watkinsville, Oconee County, GA Bernstein Brothers Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Howard Jarrett Planter Caucasian Male 70 Cancer Center, GA Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Edward A. Lampkin Physician Caucasian Male 57 Tuberculosis 230 DuBose Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Ryan-Nance Cemetery
E. H. Hale Physician Caucasian Male 74 Apoplexy 150 Barrow St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
L. A. Felder Physician Caucasian Male 58 Pneumonia, Apoplexy 566 N Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Perry, Georgia
Don Dupree Physician Caucasian Male 40 Heart S Milledge Ave & W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
James C. Bloomfield Physician Caucasian Male 63 Cancer W Broad St & S Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. P. Procter Physician Caucasian Male 48 Accident (car) 360 Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
I. H. Goss Physician Caucasian Male 68 Nephritis 297 W Hancock St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Asa Ludie Payne Physician Caucasian Male 65 Stomach, Hemorrhage Fort Lamar, Madison County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
O. L. Deadwyler Physician Caucasian Male 51 Accident (car) Carlton, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Old Fork Cemetery
Allen C Holliday Physician Caucasian Male 25 Tuberculosis 357 Hill St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Boone (Dummy) Rawson Pauper Caucasian Male 32 Tuberculosis Clarke County, GA Dunbar & Dorsey County Farm
Eddie Mills Painter African American Male 40 Heart 140 Rockspring St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
James H. Jones Painter African American Male 22 Tuberculosis 1423 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Walter Hill Hardigree Painter Caucasian Male 41 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Statham, Georgia
Willie G Terrell Painter African American Male 34 Tuberculosis 140 Dubose Ave W. P. Hopson Berkeley, Georgia
Joe U. Pollard Painter Caucasian Male 76 Tuberculosis 399 Buena Vista Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Nicholas S Schrott Painter Caucasian Male 46 Heart 880 College Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
John T. Pollard Painter Caucasian Male 46 Paralysis, Insanity Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
John Potts Painter Caucasian Male 78 Bright's Disease, Heart 552 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jesse Bazzell Painter African American Male 50 Mitral 1375 W Broad St Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
J. W. Anderson Painter African American Male 60 Heart N Hull St & N Lumpkin St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Alonzo Anderson Painter Caucasian Male 43 Homicide 267 Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Commerce, Georgia
Joseph H. Lovinggood Painter African American Male 45 Heart 540 Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Wade H. Lankford Operator Caucasian Male 57 Asthma [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Greene County, Georgia
Viola Parr Office Work Caucasian Female 23 Female 1589 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Princeton Factory
Olive Wynne Office Work Caucasian Female 26 Heart Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
J. W. O'Kelly Office Work Caucasian Male 71 Dropsy 269 N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Erastus J. Murphy Office Holder Caucasian Male 83 [??] Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Barnesville, Georgia
Virginia Allen Office Employee Caucasian Female 25 Uremia 975 Baxter St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Lula Harris Nurse African American Female 42 Lungs 125 Henderson Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Eldora Biggs Nurse African American Female 16 Tuberculosis 158 Yonah Ave W. P. Hopson Oglesby, Georgia
Fannie Cassell Nurse African American Female 74 Influenza Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Irene Day Nurse Caucasian Female 26 Accident (car) Jefferson Rd & Whitehead Rd Dorsey Furniture Co. Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Olivia Sheets Nurse African American Female 16 Meningitis 224 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Janie Pettus Nurse African American Female 36 Surgery Washington, GA W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Sussie Jordon Nurse Caucasian Female 20 Pneumonia 365 N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Lavonia, Georgia
Edward Devanport None African American Male 0 Premature birth Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & Strickland Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Athens, Georgia
Henry Beusse None Caucasian Female 84 Old Age Hill St & North Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Elwin Terrell None African American Female 1 Pneumonia 169 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
James F. Hart None Caucasian Male 75 Stillborn University Dr & Pinecrest Dr Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Susan Jane Peeler None Caucasian Female 86 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
William Wheeler None Caucasian Male 2 Accident (railroad train) Maxeys, Ga Dorsey Furniture Co. Bairdstown, Georgia

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