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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Julie | Harris | Housework | African American | Female | 42 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Lou | Mills | Housework | African American | Female | 68 | Apoplexy | 140 Rockspring St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Lewis | Lester | Drayman | African American | Male | 52 | Apoplexy | 599 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Cootney | Robinson | Farmer | African American | Male | 65 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Clarke County, Georgia |
Sallie | Bishop | Caucasian | Female | 75 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Sam | Baker | Laborer | African American | Male | 50 | Apoplexy | Strong St & Foundry St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Wm J | Thornton | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 77 | Apoplexy | Grady Ave & Dubose Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Fannie | Hane | Cook | African American | Female | 40 | Apoplexy | 269 Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Lee | Ashley | Auditor | Caucasian | Male | 34 | Apoplexy | Valdosta, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Valdosta, Georgia |
Susie | Jones | Cook | African American | Female | 60 | Apoplexy | 223 Nantahala Ave | W. P. Hopson | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Spencer | Holt | Laborer | African American | Male | 78 | Apoplexy | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Sussie E. | Hawkins | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 61 | Apoplexy | 1468 E Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Hall County, Georgia |
Julia | Williams | Laborer | African American | Female | 70 | Apoplexy | 187 S Miller St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Berry | Nickerson | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Apoplexy | Watkinsville, Oconee County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
James David | Roberts | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 24 | Apoplexy | Warren St & Vine St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
John | Fambro | Laborer | African American | Male | 52 | Apoplexy | 141 N Newton St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Rittie B | Horton | Housework | African American | Female | 45 | Apoplexy | 257 Finley St | Mack and Payne | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery |
Fannie A | Turner | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 89 | Apoplexy | 125 N Milledge Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Cleve Frederick | Pelfrey | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 35 | Apoplexy | Whitehall, GA | Dunbar & Dunaway | Whitehall, Georgia |
Edward B. | Clarke | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 65 | Apoplexy | 348 N Church St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Lexington, Georgia |
Elden | Fields | Laborer | African American | Male | 76 | Apoplexy | Hickman Dr. & College Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Dallas | Hayes | African American | Male | 80 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
James C. | Fuller | Real Estate | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Apoplexy | 523 Prince Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
C. E. | Nicholson | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 59 | Apoplexy | Statham, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Statham, Georgia |
Hattie Belle | Ross | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 50 | Apoplexy | 545 Pulaski St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
S. L. | Slaton | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 48 | Apoplexy | Barnett Shoals Rd & Lexington Rd | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
Bolton M | Crocker | Driver | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Apoplexy | Spartanburg, SC | Bernstein Brothers | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Wade Hampton | Dyre | Laborer | African American | Male | 36 | Apoplexy | 195 Lyndon Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Joe | Payne | African American | Male | 70 | Apoplexy | S Rocksprings St & W Broad St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Nolia | Witcher | Cook | African American | Female | 29 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
S. R. | Mcduffie | Accountant | Caucasian | Male | 36 | Apoplexy | Milledge Ave & Cobb St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Jim | Haze | Farmer | African American | Male | 50 | Apoplexy | North Ave & Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Alice | Henderson | Caucasian | Female | 70 | Apoplexy | 377 Baxter St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Willie | Foster | Laborer | African American | Female | 45 | Apoplexy | Milledge Terrace & Greenwood Drive | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Eliza | Leird | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 53 | Apoplexy | 164 Park Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Franklin County, Georgia |
Claura | Boyd | Laborer | African American | Female | 26 | Apoplexy | 362 W Hancock Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Orrin | Lawrence | African American | Male | 82 | Apoplexy | 233 4th St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
Frank | Myers | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 57 | Apoplexy | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Matilda | Elder | Farmer | African American | Female | 49 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Bogart, Georgia |
Victoria | Wages | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 79 | Apoplexy | 4180 Jefferson Rd. | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Cornelia S. | Powell | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 54 | Apoplexy | 940 College Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Athens, Georgia |
Georgia | Hammand | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 63 | Apoplexy | 120 Herring St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery |
Grafton | Junkin | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 48 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Rome, Georgia |
Richard | Collins | Laborer | African American | Male | 70 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Lizzie | Oliver | Domestic | African American | Female | 50 | Apoplexy | Reese St & N Newton St | Lomax & Morton | Athens, Georgia |
M. H. | Dunaway | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 59 | Apoplexy | Gainesville, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Gainesville, Georgia |
Mary Alice | George | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 67 | Apoplexy | Danielsville, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery |
Wm. J. | Foster | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 66 | Apoplexy | 565 College Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Bogart, Georgia |
Emily | Mckennon | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 74 | Apoplexy | 357 Oak St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Fannye | Caruthers | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 44 | Apoplexy | 197 Childs St | Bernstein Brothers | Wilkes County, Georgia |
William | Reed | Barber | African American | Male | 41 | Apoplexy | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Cornelia | Jarrell | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 62 | Apoplexy | 760 Cobb St | Bernstein Brothers | Lexington, Georgia |
M. W. | Cochran | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | 168 Grady Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Antioch Christian Church Cemetery |
Camilla | Bridy | Cook | African American | Female | 74 | Apoplexy | 168 N Finley St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Joe C. | Cartledge | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Apoplexy | 186 Park Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee County, Georgia |
John P. | Hall | Caucasian | Male | 68 | Apoplexy | Park Ave & Easy St | Bernstein Brothers | Walton County, Georgia | |
Louie | Battle | Housework | African American | Female | 52 | Apoplexy | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Crawfordville, Georgia |
Bettie | Love | Domestic | African American | Female | 82 | Apoplexy | 1052 W Reese St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Rena M. | Dorman | Caucasian | Female | 62 | Apoplexy, Arteries | Strong St & Foundry St | Bernstein Brothers | Toccoa, Georgia | |
Lizzie | Fambrough | Cook | African American | Female | 28 | Apoplexy, Brain | W Hancock Ave & N Milledge Ave | Mack and Payne | Chester, South Carolina |
Will | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 54 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemmorhage | North Avenue & Willow Street | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Jean | Robinson | Laborer | African American | Male | 78 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage | Woodlawn Ave & Stanton Way | Bernstein Brothers | Allensville, Georgia |
Sarah H. | Williams | Caucasian | Female | 71 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage | 224 Milledge Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Julia | Williams | Domestic | African American | Female | 76 | Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage | 298 Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Laura | Speer | None | Caucasian | Female | 64 | Apoplexy, Cancer | 725 Prince Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Virginia | Wynn | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 76 | Apoplexy, Fall | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
L. A. | Herring | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 42 | Apoplexy, Female | Colbert, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Colbert, Georgia |
George | Davis | Laborer | African American | Male | 48 | Apoplexy, Hemmorhage | Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave | Mack and Payne | Watkinsville, Georgia |
W. A. | Clarke | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Apoplexy, Influenza | 245 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Leila Estel | Cooper | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 42 | Apoplexy, Nephritis | Elizabeth St & Willow St | Bernstein Brothers | Hull, Georgia |
J. P. | Bradford | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 68 | Apoplexy, Paralysis | Satula Ave & Boulevard | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Hugh | Mckay | Caucasian | Male | 78 | Apoplexy, Paralysis | 360 N Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Greenville, South Carolina | |
A. O. | Harper | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 69 | Apoplexy, Paralysis | 436 Dearing St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Al Benny | Wright | African American | Male | 11 | Apoplexy, Whooping Cough | US-441 & Sandy Creek Rd | Dunbar & Dorsey | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Wm | Smith | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 38 | Appendicitis | 180 Hiawassee Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Braselton, Georgia |
J.H. | Williams | Printer | Caucasian | Male | 56 | Appendicitis | 225 N Thomas St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Henry | Evans | African American | Male | 50 | Appendicitis | 166 Paris St | Bernstein Brothers | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Leonard | Butler | Farm Laborer | Caucasian | Male | 17 | Appendix | Madison County, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | |
Francis | Epper | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 61 | Appendix | 297 Peabody | Dunbar & Dunaway | Athens, Georgia |
William | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 26 | Appendix | 270 Atlanta Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
L. L. | Brandon | Proprietor | Caucasian | Male | 33 | Appendix | [Unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Lenia May | Bushin | Child | African American | Female | 12 | Appendix | 392 Augusta Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Madison County, Georgia |
Leila M. | Borrow | Student | African American | Female | 11 | Appendix | 181 Lyndon Ave | Mack and Payne | Greene County, Georgia |
Josephine Lewis | Hammond | Caucasian | Female | 45 | Appendix, Surgery, Infection, Pneumonia | Monroe, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Rest Haven Cemetery | |
Lucinda | Sloan | Laborer | African American | Female | 80 | Arteries | 1132 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Annie M. W. | Bryant | Housewife | Caucasian | Female | 36 | Arteries | 257 Woodlawn Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Alfred B. | Bailey | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Arteries | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Union Point, Georgia |
Richard | Bayne | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Arteries | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Ruth | Bates | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 75 | Arteries | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Cicero | Jones | Laborer | African American | Male | 57 | Arteries | 542 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Commodore Decatur | Caffee | Store Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 69 | Arteries | Atlanta, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Soule Cemetery in Swanquarter, North Carolina |
Charlotte L. | Derricotte | African American | Female | 64 | Arteries | Everett, Massachusetts | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
B. F. | Wood | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 65 | Arteries | 163 W Hancock Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Lucy | Harris | Domestic | African American | Female | 66 | Arteries | S Church St & Waddell St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Fannie M | Lewis | Teacher | African American | Female | 63 | Arteries | 1280 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Melia | Thrasher | Laborer | African American | Female | 65 | Arteries, Apoplexy | 130 Green St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Ben | Tilman | Laborer | African American | Male | 70 | Arteries, Brights | 515 W Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Liboria | Paleuisans | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 90 | Arteries, Broken bone, Old Age | Boulevard & Virginia Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Elizabeth | Mitchell | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 90 | Arteries, Dysentery | 723 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Winterville Cemetery |
G. L. | Baxter | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 48 | Arteries, Hernia | Commerce, GA | M. S. Sanders [individual] | Union Baptist Church Cemetery |