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 Deathsort descending Address Funeral Home Cemetery
John ?. Makaffey Mail Carrier Caucasian Male 36 Cancer Atlanta, GA Dorsey Furniture Co.
James C. Lingle Cabinet Maker Caucasian Male 70 Cancer 824 College Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Mattie House Housewife Caucasian Female 58 Cancer N Lumpkin St & East Dougherty Street Dorsey Furniture Co. Allensville, Georgia
Sallie Hutson Housework African American Female 42 Cancer 258 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Washington, Georgia
Jane Couch Housework Caucasian Female 66 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
M.J. Epting Caucasian Female 78 Cancer W Cloverhurst Ave & S Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Williamston, South Carolina
Bell Fields Cook African American Female 45 Cancer 447 Odd St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Stella H. Burton Housewife Caucasian Female 50 Cancer 197 W Hancock Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Smithville, Georgia
Alice Pryor Housewife African American Female 42 Cancer 227 Rockspring St Mack and Payne Farmington, Georgia
Charlie James Barber Caucasian Male 31 Cancer 350 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Judge Bolds Laborer African American Male 54 Cancer 269 Athens Ave Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Willoughby Adeline Chauffeur African American Female 57 Cancer E Campus Rd & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Elizabeth Phillips Caucasian Female 84 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sallie Reid Housework African American Female 66 Cancer 370 4th St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Inez Moon Housework African American Female 24 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Mary Cook Laborer African American Female 60 Cancer, Hemmorhage [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jane Harris African American Female 86 Cancer, Old Age Danielsville Rd & Collins Ind Blvd B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Inez Leland Turner Housework Caucasian Female 39 Cancer, tuberculosis, [??] 136 3rd St Dorsey Furniture Co. Easley, South Carolina
Kenneth Lilly Mason Caucasian Male 27 Carbolic poisoning 225 Barrow St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Stephens African American Male 4 Catarrhal Fever 193 N Rockspring St Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Florie E. Maxwell Housework Caucasian Female 40 Cerebral, Hemorrhage Lexington, GA Bernstein Brothers Lexington, Georgia
Etta Boswell Housewife African American Female Childbirth, Female Hendrix Ave & Pulaski Heights W. P. Hopson Madison County, Georgia
Anthony B. Cheney African American Male 0 Cholera Athens, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Oconee Heights Cemetery
Sallie Mae Powell African American Female 1 Cholera [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
Willie Stewart African American Male 0 Cholera [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Miss America Pittard Caucasian Female 86 Cholera Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlotte Lee Patat Caucasian Female 0 Cholera Hoyt St & State St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Charlie Neely African American Male 1 Cholera [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Billy's Grove Cemetery
Lelia Gertrude Lation Caucasian Female 0 Cholera [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Whitehall Cemetery
Homer H Lester Caucasian Male 0 Cholera, improper food [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Cherokee Corner United Methodist Church Cemetery
Dick Cox Mill Employee African American Male 64 Cognitive Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Julia Holbrook Housewife African American Female 83 Cognitive 385 S Rockspring St Mack and Payne
Mary E Mcwhorter Invalid Caucasian Female 84 Cognitive 135 Hill St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Eliza Robertson Farmer African American Female 85 Cognitive [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Eugene Shepherd Laborer African American Male 60 Cognitive [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Berry J. Porterfield Retired Caucasian Male 74 Cognitive 122 Normal Ave Bernstein Brothers Colbert, Georgia
Sherman Nunnally African American Male 0 Cold [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Julie Lee Robertson African American Female 3 Cold [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lillie Branch African American Female 0 Cold [Unknown Address] Henry Branch [father] [family] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Burnice Sims Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Leroy Parks Caucasian Male 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Lawrencevile, Georgia
Henry F. Armour Caucasian Male 1 Colitis Whitehall, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Whitehall, Georgia
Dorthy Lee Brown African American Female 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Randolph Brothers Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Jade Theron Damron Caucasian Male 1 Colitis 280 Baldwin St Rosemary Funeral Directors Oconee Hill Cemetery
Mildred Bates Housework African American Female 3 Colitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Mack and Payne Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Ora Beatrice Milner None African American Female 1 Colitis 344 Macon Ave Father [family] Athens, Georgia
Martha R. Caldwell Caucasian Female 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Boggs Chapel Cemetery
Clarnce Chuck Caucasian Male 0 Colitis E Cloverhurst Ave & S Church St Bernstein Brothers High Shoals, Georgia
Elizabeth Dious Child African American Female 0 Colitis 4180 Jefferson Rd. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Heights Cemetery
Will Curtis Barber Caucasian Male 0 Colitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
James Lewis Horn Caucasian Male 0 Colitis High Shoals, GA Bernstein Brothers High Shoals, Georgia
Nellie Elizabeth Smith Caucasian Female 0 Colitis North Ave & Madison Heights Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
J T Huff African American Male 1 Colitis 876 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Sarah Elizabeth Chambers Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Strong St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Albert Wm. Allen Caucasian Male 0 Colitis 124 Bryan St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Hazel Cathrine Prickett Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Jefferson, GA Dorsey Furniture Co.
John Roof Johnson Child African American Male 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Herbert Johnson Barber African American Male 1 Colitis 684 S Church St Dorsey Furniture Co. Saint Matthew Baptist Church Cemetery
Lillian Whitehead African American Female 0 Colitis 445 Vine St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mary Julia Dillard Caucasian Female 2 Colitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Joe Meyers Caucasian Male 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Hale-Meyer Cemetery
Mary Ruth Bradly Caucasian Female 0 Colitis 491 Ruth St Dorsey Furniture Co. Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Louis Barnett African American Male 2 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Mary Annette Garvin Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Frank Pope None African American Male 0 Colitis 661 Branch St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Lucy May Pulliam African American Female 2 Colitis S Church St & Peabody St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Melba Mckever Child African American Female 1 Colitis 953 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Janette Coleman Caucasian Female 0 Colitis Park Ave & Easy St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Jeanett Barton Caucasian Female 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Rome, Georgia
Wm. Hembrick Caucasian Male 1 Colitis 150 Hancock Ave Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Fuller Caucasian Male Colitis, Stomach 127 Mitchell St Dunbar & Dorsey White Hall Cemetery
Lorane Weatherly Domestic Caucasian Female 33 Coma E Dougherty St & N Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jas. Thos. Lester Caucasian Male 3 Convulsions [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Harriett Hince Caucasian Female 0 Convulsions [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
Lillian Gertrude Lewis Caucasian Female 0 Convulsions 878 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Frank Elmore None Caucasian Male 1 Convulsions Strong St & Foundry St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Charlie Little African American Male 0 Convulsions 167 Odd St Dunbar & Dunaway Brooklyn Cemetery
Louise Williams Child African American Female 5 Convulsions North Ave & Willow St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Dorothy Walker African American Female 0 Convulsions W Broad St & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Edward Stewart Kirk Caucasian Male 0 Convulsions 184 Willow St B. Dunaway and Sons Colbert, Georgia
Hill African American Female 0 Convulsions 220 Pearl St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Billie Royster Caucasian Male 0 Convulsions [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
J.C. Mobley Caucasian Male 1 Convulsions, Dysentery 136 Miles St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Heights, Georgia
Sarah Elizabeth Godfrey Caucasian Female 3 Convulsions, Malnutrition [Unknown Address] McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee County, Georgia
Daniel Shelwitt Housework Caucasian Male 1 Croup Whitehall, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Crawford, Georgia
Pearl Bullock Caucasian Female 1 Croup [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Thompson Burroughs Cemetery
Jas Winfrey African American Male 0 Croup [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
William J. Procter Retired Caucasian Male 82 Cystitis 258 Springdale St Dorsey Furniture Co.
J. W. Cook Caucasian Male 0 Delivery 170 E Dougherty St McDorman Bridges Co. Comer, Georgia
Winfrey Child African American Female 0 Delivery 1365 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Scarborough Caucasian Female 0 Delivery Danielsville, Madison County, GA Buried by Father [family] Madison County, Georgia
Collins Caucasian Male Delivery Danielsville, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Family Cemetery
Ballews Caucasian Male Delivery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Adams Caucasian Male 0 Delivery [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co.
Tribble Caucasian Female Delivery [Unknown Address] E. Tribble [father] [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Randolph Epps Caucasian Male 0 Delivery W Broad St & S Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Elaine Kerlin Teacher Caucasian Female 28 Diabetes Winterville Rd & Spring Valley Rd Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Wm. Stevens Farmer African American Male 76 Diabetes Hickman Dr. & College Ave W. P. Hopson Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
M.L. Fambrough Reverend African American Male 37 Diabetes 524 Reese St Mack and Payne Madison County, Georgia
E. H. Youngken Merchant Caucasian Male 57 Diabetes Henderson, Chatham County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery

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