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 Occupationsort descending Race Sex Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Fields Caucasian Female Premature birth 797 Cobb St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Cristean Kelley African American Female 4 Pneumonia 126 Augusta Ave W. P. Hopson Brooklyn Cemetery
Clara Bell Bails Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia 280 1st St Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Smith Caucasian Male 0 Premature Williams Street & Baldwin Street Dorsey Furniture Co. Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Jennie Pye African American Female 52 Nephritis 370 Branch St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
James Mote Caucasian Male 0 Stomach 196 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Bertie Lou Crow Caucasian Female Stillborn 763 Pulaski St Bernstein Brothers Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Roberts Caucasian Male Premature Whitehall, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Whitehall Cemetery
America Cartton Caucasian Female 90 Old Age Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Enoch Prather Caucasian Male 70 Heart 380 Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Thomas Seargaves Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 565 Nantahala St B. Dunaway and Sons Bradley Cemetery
Woods Caucasian Male Stillborn 146 Bryant St Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Meriweather African American Female Stillborn, Premature 268 S Thomas St Wm Meriweather parent [family] Athens, Georgia
Giles Caucasian Male 0 Heart 173 Virginia Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Linton, Georgia
Bush African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Geo. Bush [father] [family] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Earnest F. Besson Caucasian Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
R. D. Mure Caucasian Female 77 Heart 125 Milledge Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Magnolia Cemetery
Howard Hayes African American Male 0 [??] 1679 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Lee Roy Canitters Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia, Diphtheria [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Danielsville, Georgia
Loring Caucasian Female Stillborn 760 Barber St Dorsey Furniture Co. Princeton Factory
Claud Lemar Newson African American Male 0 Pneumonia 213 N Finley St Mack and Payne High Shoals, Georgia
Francis Moncreef African American Female 6 Stomach Lyndon St & Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Elberhart African American Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Johnson African American Male Stillborn 270 Atlanta Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Anderson African American Female Stillborn 150 S Newton St W. P. Hopson Shady Dale, Georgia
Nannie Vorie Cody Caucasian Female 61 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lemar Olive African American Male 2 Diphtheria Baker St & Fairview St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Norris Lee Hosch African American Male 0 Brain Hickman Dr. & College Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Lucy May Pulliam African American Female 2 Colitis S Church St & Peabody St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Leroy Parks Caucasian Male 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Lawrencevile, Georgia
C. P. Payton Caucasian Male 65 Accident (railroad train) [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Elberton, Georgia
Wm. David Moon Caucasian Male 2 Brain, Hemorrhage [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Lena Virginia Adams Caucasian Female 2 Stomach E Dougherty St & College Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Rehoboth Baptist Cemetery
Barnett Caucasian Male 0 [Nothing Listed] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
Bonnie Calaway African American Female 5 Accident (fire) 516 N Billups St W. P. Hopson Oconee Heights Cemetery
Minnie B. Smith African American Female 0 Fever [Unknown Address] C. V. Morris and Sons
Ray African American Female 0 Unknown, Natural Causes 357 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
D. M. Thornton Caucasian Female 82 Dysentery, cancer 286 Boulevard Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jasper T Bryant Caucasian Male 92 Old Age 173 Wilkerson St Bernstein Brothers Statham, Georgia
Ellington African American Stillborn Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave No undertaker [family] At home
Ethel Lene Bonds African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers
Merriweather African American Male Stillborn 268 S Thomas St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Truman Smith Thacker Caucasian Male Stillborn Hoyt St & State St Dunbar & Dunaway Farmington, Georgia
Jane Harris African American Female 86 Cancer, Old Age Danielsville Rd & Collins Ind Blvd B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Smith African American Female Premature Ruth St & Lake St Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Henry Shaw African American Male 34 Heart, Nephritis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Malinda Heard African American Female 80 Paralysis 695 Vine St W. P. Hopson Spaulding Cemetery
Chas. H. Daniel Caucasian Male 0 Stillborn Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers Danielsville, Georgia
Sarah Louise Davis Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth 180 Barrow St McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Pearl Bullock Caucasian Female 1 Croup [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Thompson Burroughs Cemetery
Lattin African American Male Lungs Milledge Avenue Extension & East Campus Road Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Pat Lee African American Male 70 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne
Epps Caucasian Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] J. W. Epps [father] [family] Madison County, Georgia
Alonza Johnson African American Male 1 Stomach 140 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Daisy Tate African American Female 0 Malnutrition Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & Strickland Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Annie Lee Hayes African American Female 0 Pneumonia 348 1st St B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Moore Caucasian Female 0 Premature Maxeys, GA Buried by parents [family] Maxeys, Georgia
E. K. Collins Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ruth Birdsong Caucasian Female 0 Cancer 609 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Dorothy Parnell Caucasian Female 0 Diphtheria N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Unknown Caucasian Unknown 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] C. H. Weatherly Co. [Weatherly Funeral Home] Clarke County, Georgia
Annie Lou Lumpkin African American Female 3 Pneumonia 185 2nd St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Flossie May Da Bell Hill African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Mulling Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Webster Stuart African American Male 75 Old Age [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons County Farm
Miss America Pittard Caucasian Female 86 Cholera Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Owens Caucasian Female Stillborn Athens, GA Buried by parents [family] Union Baptist Church Cemetery
May Ramey Thornton Caucasian Female 0 Meningitis Center, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Center Cemetery
L. J. Vonderau Caucasian Female 85 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Siloam, Georgia
Henry F. Armour Caucasian Male 1 Colitis Whitehall, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Whitehall, Georgia
Robert Woods Caucasian Male 4 Accident, Blunt Force Trauma North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Joe Meyers Caucasian Male 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Hale-Meyer Cemetery
Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bob Cole [individual] Athens, Georgia
Brown African American Male Stillborn 128 Odd St Pauper, no undertaker; J. H. Booth, health officer
Ed. D. Meslor Caucasian Male 42 Nephritis, Heart, Brain E Broad St & S Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Marion P. Beal Caucasian Female 37 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers London, Ontario, Canada
Smith African American Male Stillborn 1755 E Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Piety Lou Ector African American Female 42 Surgery, Female, Stomach 293 S Finley St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Dolittle African American Male 0 Premature birth 270 Satula Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Mars Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Nolan Caucasian Female 93 Pneumonia Athens, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Princeton Factory
Sarah H. Williams Caucasian Female 71 Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage 224 Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Shipp Caucasian Male 0 Premature 228 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Harris African American Female 0 Marasmus Athens, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Williams African American Female 0 Bronchitis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Caroline Bishop Caucasian Female 91 Accident (fall) W Broad St & S Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Marion Mason Smith Caucasian Male Stillborn Hoyt St & N Jackson St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wallace Parnell Caucasian Male 12 Gun N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
J V Williams African American Male Stillborn 176 Billups St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Cristine Harper African American Female Diphtheria [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Jackson African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Josephine Lewis Hammond Caucasian Female 45 Appendix, Surgery, Infection, Pneumonia Monroe, GA The E. L. Almand Company Rest Haven Cemetery
Unknown African American Male Stillborn Boulevard & N Chase St Bernstein Brothers County Farm
Sarah Pittard Caucasian Female 84 Old Age [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Robert Holman Smith African American Male 0 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons
John Cole African American Male Stillborn 187 John St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Florence Inez Hardigree Caucasian Female 0 Asthma 183 New Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Rufus W Center Caucasian Male 32 Heart 724 Boulevard B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wright African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Nelson Wright [individual] Clarke County, Georgia
Premature 335 Arch St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Jones Caucasian Female Stillborn 257 Woodlawn Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia

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