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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M. W. | Cochran | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | 168 Grady Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Antioch Christian Church Cemetery |
Arthur | Jackson | Janitor | African American | Male | 20 | Pneumonia | Baxter St & S Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | |
Clarence | Ely | Farmer | African American | Male | 34 | Heart | 4180 Jefferson Rd. | Lomax & Morton | Clarke County, Georgia |
Mark | Bridges | Laborer | African American | Male | 41 | Cancer | Hendrix Ave & Pulaski Heights | Bernstein Brothers | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Robert T. | Barnett | Mechanic | Caucasian | Male | 57 | Unknown | Winterville, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
George | Nunnally | Laborer | African American | Male | 65 | Unknown | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Green | Colquitt | Laborer | African American | Male | 66 | Diabetes | 243 Macon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Harry K. | Yarbrough | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 21 | Poisoning | 1173 Oconee St | Bernstein Brothers | Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Ed | Winfrey | Butler | African American | Male | 36 | Pneumonia | S Pope St & W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Frank Western | Garrison | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 45 | Homicide | Fountain Grove, SC | Bernstein Brothers | Fountain Inn Municipal Cemetery |
Cox | African American | Male | Stillborn | 426 N Billups St | Buried by parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
George | Terrell | Laborer | African American | Male | 37 | Hemorrhage, Lungs | North Ave & Madison Heights | B. Dunaway and Sons | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Malory L. | Hill | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | 1264 E Broad St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Oconee Hill Cemetery | ||
J.H. | Williams | Printer | Caucasian | Male | 56 | Appendicitis | 225 N Thomas St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Mendal | Morris | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 75 | Brain, Hemorrhage | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Earnest F. | Besson | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Dysentery | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia | |
Robt. | Williams | Laborer | African American | Male | 22 | Nephritis, Heart | 161 Willow St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Alonzo | Anderson | Painter | Caucasian | Male | 43 | Homicide | 267 Dubose Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Commerce, Georgia |
Tom | Hope | Farmer | African American | Male | 85 | Gangrene | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Harrison | Hill | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Bright's Disease, Paralysis | Paris St & Waddell St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Elisha | Caldwell | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Stomach | 177 Miles St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Bairdstown, Georgia |
William W. | Edwards | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 45 | Tuberculosis | 875 Chase St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
J A | Voyles | Planter | Caucasian | Male | 66 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia |
Ben | Booke | Laborer | African American | Male | 50 | Nephritis | 220 1st St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Jesse | Payne | Child | African American | Male | 1 | Pneumonia | 149 N Newton St | Lomax & Morton | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Fritz | Moseman | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 67 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Cortis | Williams | Caucasian | Male | 6 | Typhoid Fever | 298 Baldwin St | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery | |
D. P. | Patrick | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 43 | Syphilis | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Lavonia, Georgia |
Audley | Jones | Child | African American | Male | 3 | Cancer | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Willie | Witcher | Farm Laborer | African American | Male | 16 | Brain | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville, Georgia |
D. R. | Waters | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 72 | Pneumonia | 835 Oconee Rd. | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Dave | Hester | Farmer | African American | Male | 18 | Gun | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery |
Andy Eugene | Jackson | Child | African American | Male | 2 | Accident (fire) | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | Lomax & Morton | Athens, Georgia |
J. N. | Sheats | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 79 | Heart, Surgery | Bogart, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Bogart, Georgia |
D. J. | Evans | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 51 | Stomach | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Dock | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 66 | Bright's Disease, Heart | Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
James | Mote | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Stomach | 196 Park Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Madison County, Georgia | |
Robt. | Brown | Cook | African American | Male | 70 | Brain | 825 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
W.A. | Hall | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 69 | Nephritis | 674 N Thomas St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Stinchcomb United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Chas. | Walton | Drayman | African American | Male | 55 | Heart, Nephritis | 267 Atlanta Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
George | Badger | Farmer | African American | Male | 100 | Mitral | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Family Cemetery |
Arthur | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 43 | Tuberculosis | 386 Chase St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
John Thomas | Porter | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 76 | Uremia | Statham, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Barrow County, Georgia |
Jerry G. | Gray | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 83 | Heart | 797 Cobb St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Ed | Horton | Farmer | African American | Male | 13 | Typhoid fever | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
James | Stokes | Laborer | African American | Male | 26 | Accident (gun) | Monroe, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Monroe, Georgia |
Dunfoy | African American | Male | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | Buried by parents [family] | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | ||
Betney | Smith | Cook | African American | Male | 71 | Nephritis | 1163 Hancock Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
D. H. | Winter | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 68 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville Cemetery |
Richard | Thomas | Printer | Caucasian | Male | 56 | Tuberculosis | 797 Cobb St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Giles | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Heart | 173 Virginia Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Linton, Georgia | ||
Smith | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Premature | Williams Street & Baldwin Street | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Antioch Christian Church Cemetery | ||
L.D. | Merrett | African American | Male | 7 | Heart | 280 S Peter St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Will | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 40 | Tuberculosis | 121 Trail Creek St | Mack and Payne | |
Quincie | Yerby | Farmer | African American | Male | 17 | Pneumonia | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
William Emery | Wooten | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 44 | Natural Causes, Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Hall County, Georgia |
Lee | Ely | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Paralysis, Cancer | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Bush | African American | Male | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Geo. Bush [father] [family] | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
James | Bazzell | African American | Male | 5 | Rabies | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Willie | Barnett | Student | African American | Male | 9 | Influenza | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
J. W. | O'Kelly | Office Work | Caucasian | Male | 71 | Dropsy | 269 N Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Allen | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 55 | Paralysis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Oneal | Crow | Student | Caucasian | Male | 17 | Infection | Turnerville, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Turnerville, Georgia |
William | Killian | Drayman | African American | Male | 56 | Heart | 145 Cain St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
D. W. | Huff | Watchman | Caucasian | Male | 56 | Homicide (gun) | 797 Cobb St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia |
Wm | Eaton | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 85 | Paralysis | 440 Foundry St | Bernstein Brothers | Franklin County, Georgia |
Claud C. | Cox | Laborer | African American | Male | Suicide (drowning) | State St & Hoyt St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
O. L. | Deadwyler | Physician | Caucasian | Male | 51 | Accident (car) | Carlton, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Old Fork Cemetery |
S. C. | Wages | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 75 | Uremia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Jackson County, Georgia |
Luther | Smith | Farmer | African American | Male | 21 | Stomach | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Wm. | Paul | Hotel Waiter | African American | Male | 51 | Pneumonia | 286 4th St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Geo. C. | Johnson | Child | African American | Male | 0 | Unknown | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery |
Willie | Lee | Chauffeur | African American | Male | 23 | Accident (electric wire) | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Bishop, Georgia |
Carlton | Beusse | Student | Caucasian | Male | 13 | Infection | E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Alsa F. | Reddling | Guard | Caucasian | Male | 58 | Aarteries, Heart, Bright's Disease | Whitehall, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | |
Denny | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | 199 Ruth St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Commerce, Georgia | |||
Sebo | Jordan | Farmer | African American | Male | 20 | Tuberculosis | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Horton Cemetery |
George | Mitchel | Farmer | African American | Male | 21 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Union Point, Georgia |
E. K. | Collins | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Meningitis | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Clement | Walker | African American | Male | 0 | Stomach | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia | |
Richard | Booth | Laborer | African American | Male | 38 | Hemmorhage | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Jessie | Payne | Laborer | African American | Male | 22 | Tuberculosis | Finley St & W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Landrum | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Infection | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Whitehall, Georgia | ||
J.N. | Woods | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 81 | Influenza | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
Carlton G. | Johnson | Caucasian | Male | 38 | Suicide (gun) | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Leroy | Parks | Caucasian | Male | 1 | Colitis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Lawrencevile, Georgia | |
Lattin | African American | Male | Lungs | Milledge Avenue Extension & East Campus Road | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia | |||
Calvin | Nilson | Laborer | African American | Male | 19 | Tuberculosis | 183 Miller St | Mack and Payne | Woodville, Georgia |
L C | Wise | Child | African American | Male | 1 | Pneumonia | 137 Strickland Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Guy | Hester | Farmer | African American | Male | 23 | Gun, Meningitis | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery |
Rusell | Sojrns | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Heart, Bright's Disease | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Bogart, Georgia |
Marvin | Gabriel | Child | Caucasian | Male | 8 | Infection | Lexington, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Billups | Phinizy | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 66 | Cancer | 324 S Milledge Ave | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
John | Ware | Laborer | African American | Male | 22 | Heart | 185 Macon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Wallace | Fears | Drayman | African American | Male | 44 | Accident, Blunt Force Trauma | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Mack and Payne | Covington, Georgia |
Filmore | Dailey | Caucasian | Male | 2 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Jackson County, Georgia | |
Collins | Caucasian | Male | Delivery | Danielsville, GA | B. Dunaway and Sons | Family Cemetery | |||
Minor | Jerby | Farmer | African American | Male | 49 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Chester Leroy | Harris | African American | Male | 0 | Dysentery | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Watkinsville, Georgia | |
Ceasor | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 41 | Nephritis | 246 N Pope St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |