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 Sexsort ascending Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
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

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