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
Lovick P.	Doolittle	Carpenter	Caucasian	Male	76	Uremia, Heart, Nephritis, Arteries	850 Boulevard	McDorman Bridges Co.	Mars Hill Cemetery
Nathaniel	Roach		Mulatto	Male	0	Pneumonia	Winterville Rd & Spring Valley Rd	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
Harold	Johnson		African American	Male	0	Malnutrition	215 S Chase St	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
W. H. H.	Walton	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	74	Nephritis	Strong St & N Jackson St	Bernstein Brothers	Jackson County, Georgia
Loyd E.	Shirley		Caucasian	Male	0	Pneumonia	[unknown Address]	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Willie	Moon	Barber	African American	Male	37	Paralysis	114 S Rockspring St	W. P. Hopson	Thomson, Georgia
	Willis		Caucasian	Male		Premature	360 N Milledge Ave.	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee Hill Cemetery
William	Wier	Laborer	African American	Male	43	Heart	194 Macon Ave	W. P. Hopson	Athens, Georgia
Martin P	Payne	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	47	Accident (car)	Clarke County, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee County, Georgia
Robt	Dammons		African American	Male	0	Bronchitis	360 W Hancock Ave	B. Dunaway and Sons	Brooklyn Cemetery
	Jackson		Caucasian	Male	0	Premature birth	420 Strong St	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Huff Cemetery
Sam	Baker	Laborer	African American	Male	50	Apoplexy	Strong St & Foundry St	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
Floyd F.	Stephens		Caucasian	Male	0	Stomach	186 Park Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Princeton Factory
Melvin	Green	Drayman	African American	Male	49	Nephritis	140 Savannah Ave	W. P. Hopson	Clarke County, Georgia
O C	Jones	Clerk	Caucasian	Male	35	Pneumonia	Athens, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
Thos.	Hadaway	Retired	Caucasian	Male	78	Uremia	N Milledge Ave & Hill St	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
	Smith		Caucasian	Male		Stillborn	235 DuBose Ave	Dunbar & Dorsey	Maxeys, Georgia
Hudson R.	Graham	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	16	Surgery	Comer, GA	Dunbar & Dorsey	Webb Cemetery
Will	Harris	Shoemaker	African American	Male	41	Mitral	226 Flint St	Bernstein Brothers	Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Vardy Josiah	Parr	Decorator	Caucasian	Male	75	Uremia	1820 S Lumpkin St	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Bailey	Pope	Laborer	African American	Male	58	Paralysis	448 Georgia Dr.	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Spaulding Cemetery
Martin Reynolds	Smith	Housework	Caucasian	Male	6	Accident (car)	S Lumpkin St & Milledge Cir.	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Oconee Hill Cemetery
R. D.	Lumpkin	Student	African American	Male	13	Accident (gun)	[Unknown Address]	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Marvin C.	Smith	None	Caucasian	Male	0	Bronchitis	375 Oconee St	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Athens, Georgia
Jack	Mcdonald		Caucasian	Male	18	Homicide (gun)	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
	Jackson		African American	Male	0	Dysentery	[Unknown Address]	[Nothing Listed]	Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Bobby	Pittard	Housework	Caucasian	Male	3	Scarlet fever	Winterville, GA	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Winterville, Georgia
Alfred	Hanner	Retired	Caucasian	Male	81	Old Age	661 Pulaski St	Bernstein Brothers	Grapevine Cemetery #1 in Kentucky
Richard	Bayne	Farmer	African American	Male	75	Arteries	North Avenue & Spring Ct	Bernstein Brothers	Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
R H	Lemmons	Railroad Employee	Caucasian	Male	60	Stomach	Lula, GA	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Leela, Georgia
	Bush		African American	Male		Stillborn	[Unknown Address]	Henry Bush [father] [family]	Old Pittard Place Cemetery
Merton Albert	Broach	Student	Caucasian	Male	14	Infection	S Lumpkin St & S Milledge Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee Hill Cemetery
James J.	Jennings	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	83	Influenza	Nowhere Rd & Smokey Rd	Dunbar & Dorsey	Buena Vista Church Cemetery
E. A.	Luster	Professor	Caucasian	Male	71	Heart	150 Cloverhurst Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee Hill Cemetery
James O.	Simmons	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	77	Heart	Danielsville Rd & Collins Ind Blvd	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Simmons Family Cemetery
H.J.	Nelms	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	63	Cancer	360 N Milledge Ave	Dunbar & Dorsey	Madison County, Georgia
	Ginn		Caucasian	Male	0	Hemmorhage, Brain	797 Cobb St	Bernstein Brothers	Royston, Georgia
John	Howard	Mechanic	African American	Male	23	Stomach	Reese St & N Milledge Ave	W. P. Hopson	Clarke County, Georgia
Fred A	Lilly	Mason	Caucasian	Male	49	Pneumonia	240 W Clayton St	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
William D.	Greggs	Driver	Caucasian	Male	49	Cancer	153 Inglewood Ave	B. Dunaway and Sons	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Will	Hill	Drayman	African American	Male	36	Typhoid fever	North Avenue & Spring Ct	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
Duke A.	Daniel	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	81	Accident (fall)	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
James E.	Flournoy	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	42	Meningitis	Monticello, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Monticello, Georgia
Wm J	Thornton	Retired	Caucasian	Male	77	Apoplexy	Grady Ave & Dubose Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee Hill Cemetery
	Thurmond		African American	Male		Stillborn	249 China St	Buried by parent [family]	Athens, Georgia
John	Williams	Farmer	African American	Male	55	Apoplexy	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
Grady Wilson	Davis	Student	African American	Male	9	Meningitis	111 N Pope St	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee County, Georgia
Alford L.	King	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	72	Heart	[Unknown Address]	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Boggs Chapel Cemetery
Claude Earl	Poss	Sales	Caucasian	Male	42	Heart	Hoyt St & College Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
Boston	Coleman	Farmer	African American	Male	51	Dropsy	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
John	Walker	Farmer	African American	Male	45	Dropsy	Allenville, GA	Mack and Payne	Allensville, Georgia
Frank	Jones	Laborer	Caucasian	Male	15	Heart	[Unknown Address]	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Lula, Georgia
General Jackson	Peyton	Reverend	Caucasian	Male	61	Nephritis	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Jos.	Costa	Merchant	Caucasian	Male	70	Pneumonia	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Erastus J.	Murphy	Office Holder	Caucasian	Male	83	[??]	Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Barnesville, Georgia
Jessie R.	Smith	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	32	Meningitis	Lexington, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Crawford, Georgia
Jas. C.	Cranshaw	Student	African American	Male	10	Tuberculosis	Chicago, IL	Bernstein Brothers	Chicago, Illinois
Marion H.	Downs	Student	Caucasian	Male	11	Accident (drowning)	E Broad St & S Lumpkin St	Bernstein Brothers	Watkinsville, Georgia
	Miller		Caucasian	Male	0	Stillborn	149 Tibbetts Ave	B. Dunaway and Sons	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Spencer	Holt	Laborer	African American	Male	78	Apoplexy	Athens, GA	Mack and Payne	Spaulding Cemetery
Earnest	Simmons		African American	Male	2	Diphtheria	[Unknown Address]	B. Dunaway and Sons	Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Paul Lee	Mclain	None	Caucasian	Male	0	Jaundice	164 Bryan St	Dunbar & Dunaway	Athens, Georgia
John	Johnson	Farmer	African American	Male	80	Heart	Broad St & Hawthorne Ave	Mack and Payne	Athens, Georgia
Eluice	Thomas	Child	African American	Male	1	Pneumonia	188 3rd St	Mack and Payne	Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Phil	Daniel	Reverend	African American	Male	53	Nephritis	W Broad St & N Milledge Ave	Mack and Payne	Brooklyn Cemetery
	Smith		African American	Male	0	Premature	1140 Hancock Ave	W. P. Hopson	Athens, Georgia
Charlie	Hubbert	Porter	African American	Male	53	Heart	330 Augusta Ave	Mack and Payne
	Ballews		Caucasian	Male		Delivery	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
Cal	Thomas	Mill Employee	Caucasian	Male	48	Stomach	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Princeton Factory
A. Letcher	Griffeth	Street Car	Caucasian	Male	21	Typhoid fever	N Chase St & Boulevard	Dunbar & Dorsey	Old Danielsville Presbyterian Cemetery
Garfield	Greg	Child	African American	Male	3	Accident (fire)	Clarke County, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
	Bryant		Caucasian	Male	0	Premature birth	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
Butch	Watson	Laborer	African American	Male	39	Pellagra	131 Lyndon Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Maxeys, Georgia
William Henry	Calloway		African American	Male	1	Whooping cough	Epps Bridge Rd. & Timothy RD	Dunbar & Dunaway	East Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Talford	Smith	Clerk	Caucasian	Male	65	Bright's Disease, Heart, Gangrene	1050 S Lumpkin St	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ambus	Mckeever	Laborer	African American	Male	46	Accident (dirt)	Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy & Hobson Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
J C	Carson		Caucasian	Male	0	Unknown	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Bogart, Georgia
Cleveland	Oliver	Child	African American	Male	0	Dysentery	134 Fairview St	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
Frank	Pittard	Farmer	African American	Male	75	Apoplexy	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Winterville, Georgia
Henry	Benford	Fireman	African American	Male	49	Pneumonia	341 Glenhaven Ave	B. Dunaway and Sons	Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
John T.	Lang	Laborer	African American	Male	67	Bright's Disease	534 N Chase St	Mack and Payne	Leesville, South Carolina
Dempsy W.	Brooks	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	79	Heart	126 S Newton St	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Oconee Hill Cemetery
John Will	Brakefield	Merchant	Caucasian	Male	42	Illegible	Atlanta, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Atlanta, Georgia
Frank	Hendrix		Caucasian	Male	0	[??]	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
	Danner		African American	Male		Stillborn	Athens, GA	W. P. Hopson	Athens, Georgia
Joseph	Lustrat	Professor	Caucasian	Male	68	Heart	109 Herty Dr	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wm.	Hembrick		Caucasian	Male	1	Colitis	150 Hancock Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Jackson County, Georgia
Henry	Brooks	Laborer	African American	Male	55	Accident (car)	Lyndon St & Dubose Ave	Lomax & Morton	Athens, Georgia
Roy	Howard	Laborer	African American	Male	44	Apoplexy	757 Waddell St	W. P. Hopson	Clarke County, Georgia
James C.	Lingle	Cabinet Maker	Caucasian	Male	70	Cancer	824 College Ave	Dunbar & Dorsey	Athens, Georgia
Frank	Griffith	Merchant	Caucasian	Male	77	Stomach, Heart	S Lumpkin St & S Milledge Ave	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Zack	Hillman	Laborer	African American	Male	37	Cancer	Athens, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Athens, Georgia
J. P.	Procter	Physician	Caucasian	Male	48	Accident (car)	360 Milledge Ave	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Walter Hill	Hardigree	Painter	Caucasian	Male	41	Pneumonia	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Statham, Georgia
Ben F.	Todd	Street Car	Caucasian	Male	30	Tuberculosis, Hemorrhage, Acidosis	S Lumpkin St & W Broad St	Bernstein Brothers	Oconee Hill Cemetery
Eugene	Pope	Student	African American	Male	8	Pneumonia, Tonsilitis	[Unknown Address]	Bernstein Brothers	Clarke County, Georgia
James Leon	King	Sales	Caucasian	Male	45	Tuberculosis	[Unknown Address]	Dorsey Furniture Co.	Boggs Chapel Cemetery
Murry	Eberhart		African American	Male	0	Unknown	[Unknown Address]	James Eberhart [father] [family]	New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
James B.	Williams	Farmer	Caucasian	Male	57	Nephritis	Winterville, GA	Bernstein Brothers	Winterville, Georgia
Peter	Smith	Laborer	African American	Male	80	Paralysis	Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & First Street	Bernstein Brothers	Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery

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