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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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 |