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 descending Race Sex Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Hill African American Female 0 Convulsions 220 Pearl St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jackson Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 1075 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Boley Caucasian Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Waie Smith Caucasian Female 82 Arthritis 200 N Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Emma Blanch Barken Caucasian Female Stillborn 450 Strong St Bernstein Brothers Ross Chapel Cemetery
Mary Hall Caucasian Female 77 Old Age 290 Baldwin St Rosemary Funeral Directors White Hall Cemetery
Willie Mae Oldham African American Female 0 Malnutrition [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dunaway Brooklyn Cemetery
Callie Sue Harris Caucasian Female 10 Meningitis 360 N Milledge Ave. Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Will Roy Howard African American Male 6 Fire Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Isaac Gather African American Male Stillborn Strong St & College Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Lewis African American Female Stillborn 226 Cloverhurst Ave by parents pauper [family] Athens, Georgia
David Billops African American Male 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Anna V. Joseph African American Female 0 Stomach Strong St & N Jackson St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Byrd African American Female Stillborn 187 Popler St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
John P. Hall Caucasian Male 68 Apoplexy Park Ave & Easy St Bernstein Brothers Walton County, Georgia
Lillie Branch African American Female 0 Cold [Unknown Address] Henry Branch [father] [family] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Jackson African American Male Stillborn 153 Cleveland Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Elmer Hunter African American Male 34 Natural causes, unknown Athens, GA Mack and Payne New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Garfield Henderson African American Female 0 Stillborn 398 Cleveland Ave Pauper No Undertaker [family] Athens, Georgia
Garnett Hughley African American Male 0 Unknown 224 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Moseman Caucasian Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Clarke County, Georgia
Billie Royster Caucasian Male 0 Convulsions [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Martha R. Caldwell Caucasian Female 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Boggs Chapel Cemetery
Carson Caucasian Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Hull, Georgia
M C Bryant Caucasian Female 78 Paralysis, Hemmorhage Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Drake Caucasian Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] W.F. Drake [father] [family] Athens, Georgia
Emma Jeffery African American Female 68 Paralysis, Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Lucy Thrasher African American Female 80 Cancer Bogart, GA None [family] Oconee County, Georgia
Martha May Haynes Caucasian Female 2 Meningitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
L.A. Chapin Caucasian Female 90 Old Age 195 Finley St Dorsey Furniture Co. Chapin, South Carolina
Jackson Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 1075 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
P. C. Bond Caucasian Female 86 Uremia 447 E Hancock Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Nesbit African American Male Stillborn 386 Arch St Parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Jacob Julius Spicke Caucasian Male 0 Syphilis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Caroline Nicholson Caucasian Female 3 Brain Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Fitzgerald, Georgia
R. C. Barber Caucasian Male 36 Suicide Nowhere Rd & Smokey Rd Dunbar & Dorsey Bethaven Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Brooks Caucasian Female Stillborn 287 W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
John Lance Branch Caucasian Male 36 Accident (car) 156 Grady Ave Bernstein Brothers Greene County, Georgia
Mattie Hall Caucasian Female 40 Accident (fire) Clarke County, GA Dunbar & Dorsey White Hall Cemetery
Hattie Lewis African American Male 0 Stomach 245 Atlanta Ave Parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Enoch Prather Caucasian Male 70 Heart 380 Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sussie May Landrum African American Female 0 Malnutrition, Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Cortis Williams Caucasian Male 6 Typhoid Fever 298 Baldwin St Bernstein Brothers Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Malcom Caucasian Male Stillborn Monroe, Walton County, GA Parents [family] Walton County, Georgia
L. Y. A. Blackwell Caucasian Female 80 Heart, Pneumonia 575 Harris St Dorsey Furniture Co. Hartwell, Georgia
Cox African American Male Stillborn 426 N Billups St Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Helly Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Malone African American Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] Gus Johnson [individual] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Callie J. Winnie Bridges Caucasian Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
J. T. Miner African American Male 1 Pneumonia 250 Macon Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Woods Caucasian Male Stillborn 146 Bryant St Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Powell Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed]
Alfred M. Fleming Caucasian Male 73 Bronchitis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Boggs Chapel Cemetery
J.O. Dockery Caucasian Male 0 Natural causes Strong St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Silivery Driver African American Female 70 Cancer 250 DuBose Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Minnie L Hill African American Male 19 Typhoid fever 160 Strickland Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Winterville, Georgia
Noble African American Female 0 Premature North Ave & Willow St No undertaker by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
St. Johns Caucasian Male Stillborn, Unknown 731 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Joe Rhodes African American Male 0 Pneumonia Strong St & Foundry St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Laura J. Propes Caucasian Female 81 Broken bone 729 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Flowery Branch, Georgia
Gaddis Caucasian Male Premature birth, Stillborn Strong St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
R. L. Hammond Caucasian Male 0 Marasmus, Stomach Whitehall, GA Bernstein Brothers White Hall Cemetery
Joe Payne African American Male 70 Apoplexy S Rocksprings St & W Broad St B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Nellie Bell Deadwyler African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Zion Cemetery
Hazel Louise Horton African American Female 0 Pneumonia Athens, GA Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Minnie B. Smith African American Female 0 Fever [Unknown Address] C. V. Morris and Sons
Lucile Lanford African American Female 2 Pneumonia, Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Thelma Sorrow Caucasian Female 0 Septicemia 192 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Mary Clarke Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth 585 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Unknown Caucasian Unknown 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] C. H. Weatherly Co. [Weatherly Funeral Home] Clarke County, Georgia
Ula B. Coalman African American Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Sarah Ann Hemphill Caucasian Female 102 Heart 297 Prince Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ethel Lene Bonds African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers
Goss Harris African American Unknown 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Martha Winfrey African American Female 75 Pneumonia 148 Miller St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Adams African American Male Stillborn 200 Glenhaven Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Catherine Lane African American Female 0 Marasmus 420 N Peter St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Burnice Sims Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Francis Magnolia Smith African American Female 0 Brain Athens, GA [Nothing Listed] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Cornelia Powell Caucasian Female 0 Infection, Dropsy [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed]
Dudley Caucasian Female Stillborn 494 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mary Jones African American Female 36 Heart Athens, GA Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Dorothy Parnell Caucasian Female 0 Diphtheria N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clement Walker African American Male 0 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Pat Lee African American Male 70 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne
Huff African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] D. W. Pittard [individual] Winterville, Georgia
Patsy Hill African American Female 50 Dropsy 171 Church St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Steward African American Female Stillborn 285 Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Henry Shaw African American Male 34 Heart, Nephritis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Steve Stanley Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia Washington D.C. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
George Stricklyn African American Male Stillborn 483 Third St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Louis Gaddis Caucasian Male 0 Marasmus 279 N Lumpkin St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Carl Goolsby Caucasian Male 41 Pneumonia 177 Miles St Dorsey Furniture Co. Lexington, Georgia
Wade African American Female Stillborn 349 Meigs St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Ruby Mcclain Caucasian Female 23 Tuberculosis 173 Bryant St B. Dunaway and Sons Hartwell, Georgia
Amous William Jeffery African American Male 0 Food poisoning Athens, GA Gadsen Jeffery [father] [family] Oconee County, Georgia
Christian Caucasian Male 0 Starvation [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Barrow County, Georgia
Alice Henderson Caucasian Female 70 Apoplexy 377 Baxter St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Webster Stuart African American Male 75 Old Age [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons County Farm
Brown African American Male Stillborn 128 Odd St Pauper, no undertaker; J. H. Booth, health officer

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