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
St. Johns Caucasian Male Stillborn, Unknown 731 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
William H Lester Caucasian Male 75 Bright's Disease, arteries [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Lester Cemetery
Mathews African American Male Premature [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
John Lance Branch Caucasian Male 36 Accident (car) 156 Grady Ave Bernstein Brothers Greene County, Georgia
Wautchia Prairie Caucasian Female 0 Poisoning Strong St & N Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Lee Roy Canitters Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia, Diphtheria [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Danielsville, Georgia
Roberts Caucasian Male Premature Whitehall, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Whitehall Cemetery
James Bazzell African American Male 5 Rabies [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
America Cartton Caucasian Female 90 Old Age Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hazel Mcclure Caucasian Female 1 Stomach 274 N Thomas St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Earnest F. Besson Caucasian Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
L. Y. A. Blackwell Caucasian Female 80 Heart, Pneumonia 575 Harris St Dorsey Furniture Co. Hartwell, Georgia
Woods Caucasian Male Stillborn 146 Bryant St Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
Milners African American Female Stillborn 136 Trail Creek St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Smith Caucasian Male 0 Premature Williams Street & Baldwin Street Dorsey Furniture Co. Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Steve Stanley Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia Washington D.C. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Aurodite Howard African American Male 0 Pneumonia 443 3rd St Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
H. T. Griffith Caucasian Male 0 Poisoning [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Flora Mae Deadwyler Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Ellington African American Stillborn Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave No undertaker [family] At home
Chas. H. Daniel Caucasian Male 0 Stillborn Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers Danielsville, Georgia
Tom Bank African American Male 45 Periostitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Steward African American Female Stillborn 285 Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Unknown Caucasian Unknown 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] C. H. Weatherly Co. [Weatherly Funeral Home] Clarke County, Georgia
Norris Lee Hosch African American Male 0 Brain Hickman Dr. & College Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Martha Barnett Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Andrew Stroud African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Mary Julia Dillard Caucasian Female 2 Colitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Lattin African American Male Lungs Milledge Avenue Extension & East Campus Road Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
C. P. Payton Caucasian Male 65 Accident (railroad train) [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Elberton, Georgia
Cash African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sarah Louise Davis Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth 180 Barrow St McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Albirdie Gleen African American Female 5 Diphtheria North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Hallie Hill Hammonds Caucasian Female 54 Infection 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Jackson Family Cemetery
Morton Caucasian Male Stillborn Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Elizabeth L Moss Caucasian Female 90 Nephritis 479 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
David Johnson African American Male 0 Premature [unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey
Dorthey Guest Caucasian Female 0 Natural causes E Broad St & S Jackson St Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Mitchell African American Male Stillborn 1494 E Broad St HB Mitchell parent [family] Athens, Georgia
Ruth Birdsong Caucasian Female 0 Cancer 609 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
R C Payne Caucasian Female 81 Old Age Athens, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Henry Shaw African American Male 34 Heart, Nephritis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Carlton G. Johnson Caucasian Male 38 Suicide (gun) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Truman Smith Thacker Caucasian Male Stillborn Hoyt St & State St Dunbar & Dunaway Farmington, Georgia
Wm. David Moon Caucasian Male 2 Brain, Hemorrhage [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Mulling Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
J T Huff African American Male 1 Colitis 876 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Lee Morris Owen African American Male 1 Whooping cough [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Charlie Little African American Male 0 Convulsions 167 Odd St Dunbar & Dunaway Brooklyn Cemetery
Margrette Pike Caucasian Female 0 Meningitis Easy St & Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Owens Caucasian Female Stillborn Athens, GA Buried by parents [family] Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Geo. Richards African American Male 3 Accident (fire) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
Carrie Kinnebrew African American Male 46 Pneumonia N Hull St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Rour Caucasian Female 0 Lungs [Unknown Address] Buried by parents [family] Madison County, Georgia
Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bob Cole [individual] Athens, Georgia
Henry F. Armour Caucasian Male 1 Colitis Whitehall, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Whitehall, Georgia
Stokes African American Female Premature [Unknown Address] No Undertaker (Pauper) [family] Athens, Georgia
Bush African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Neal Aycock African American Male 9 Accident (fire) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Lillian Belle Williams African American Female 0 Bronchitis [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Woodville, Georgia
Mary Wall Caucasian Female 69 Hernia Statham, GA J. B. Clark [individual] Statham, Georgia
Elnora Lungkins African American Female 10 Diphtheria Athens Ave & Macon Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Webster Stuart African American Male 75 Old Age [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons County Farm
Will Henry Barnett Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] H.C. Tolbert by A.B. Barnett [father] [family] Madison County, Georgia
Ruby Mcclain Caucasian Female 23 Tuberculosis 173 Bryant St B. Dunaway and Sons Hartwell, Georgia
William O. Terrell African American Male 0 Syphilis Hendrix Ave & Pulaski Heights B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
John Davis Owens African American Male 7 Typhoid fever, Whooping Cough 337 1st St Bernstein Brothers Bishop, Georgia
Futcher Caucasian Male 0 [??] Cemetery St & East Campus Road Bernstein Brothers Princeton Factory
Miss America Pittard Caucasian Female 86 Cholera Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Wade African American Female Stillborn 349 Meigs St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Eberhart African American Female Premature birth [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Sandy Cross Baptist Church Cemetery
Robert Woods Caucasian Male 4 Accident, Blunt Force Trauma North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jones African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Pink Morton African American Male 4 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Christian Caucasian Male 0 Starvation [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Barrow County, Georgia
Corene Odoms African American Female 2 Diphtheria Lyndon St & Dubose Ave Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Mitchell African American Female Stillborn 985 College Ave Grand Parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Caroline Bishop Caucasian Female 91 Accident (fall) W Broad St & S Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ann C. Pratus Caucasian Female 85 Pneumonia 1385 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
Harris African American Male 0 Stillborn 1375 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jennie Wright African American Female 74 Unknown 140 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Elizabeth Willis African American Female Premature 540 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Parent [family] Athens, Georgia
Clara Stephens Caucasian Female 10 Pneumonia 146 Bryan St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. W. Cook Caucasian Male 0 Delivery 170 E Dougherty St McDorman Bridges Co. Comer, Georgia
Paul Caucasian Female Stillborn 534 Prince Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Lester Cemetery
Owens African American Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Alberta Kinny African American Female 0 Pneumonia North Ave & Willow St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mattie Hill African American Female 0 Natural causes [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Jack Mcdonald Caucasian Male 18 Homicide (gun) [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Scarborough Caucasian Female 0 Delivery Danielsville, Madison County, GA Buried by Father [family] Madison County, Georgia
Premature 335 Arch St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Barnes African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Bradford African American Male 0 Bronchitis 1127 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Robert Pearson African American Male 0 Premature 150 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Stone African American Male Stillborn 1253 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Rufus W Center Caucasian Male 32 Heart 724 Boulevard B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
William Bush African American Male 0 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Florence Mazell Wages Caucasian Female 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Francis Joseph Mcganigle Caucasian Male Stillborn, Premature 794 Hancock Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery

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