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 Deathsort descending Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
William Henry Hoke African American Male 0 Syphilis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Julian Johnson African American Male 0 Pneumonia Hull Rd & Danielsville Rd Dunbar & Dorsey Clarke County, Georgia
Moseman Caucasian Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Clarke County, Georgia
Nathaniel Roach Mulatto Male 0 Pneumonia Winterville Rd & Spring Valley Rd Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sims African American Female 0 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Florence Mazell Wages Caucasian Female 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Alma Madaline Nix Caucasian Female 0 Stomach Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons Clouds Creek Cemetery
J. W. Cook Caucasian Male 0 Delivery 170 E Dougherty St McDorman Bridges Co. Comer, Georgia
Jim Fortson Child African American Male 0 Pneumonia 363 Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Mary Alice Bullock Caucasian Female 0 Heart Whitehall, GA Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Lillie Branch African American Female 0 Cold [Unknown Address] Henry Branch [father] [family] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Hester African American Male 0 Stomach [Unknown Address] Will Hester [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie B Meton Caucasian Male 0 Natural causes 434 Foundry St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Heights Cemetery
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature 125 Wilcox St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sorrow Caucasian Female 0 Premature 360 N Milledge Ave Buried by parents [family] Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Florence Inez Hardigree Caucasian Female 0 Asthma 183 New Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Julia Mae Amos African American Female 0 Pneumonia 190 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Dorthy Brandenburg Caucasian Female 0 Meningitis Elizabeth St & Willow St  Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Denny None Caucasian Male 0 Dropsy 860 N Chase St Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Hill African American Male 0 Premature birth Hoyt St & North Jackson St Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Jack Williams Caucasian Male 0 Asphyxiation 915 N Chase St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Martha R. Caldwell Caucasian Female 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Boggs Chapel Cemetery
Garnett Hughley African American Male 0 Unknown 224 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Bryant Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Willie Mae Daniel Child African American Female 0 Poisoning 221 Pearl St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sussie May Landrum African American Female 0 Malnutrition, Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sims African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] Sherman Brown [individual] Clarke County, Georgia
Frank Hendrix Caucasian Male 0 [??] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
Lee Roy Canitters Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia, Diphtheria [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Danielsville, Georgia
Dunfoy African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Buried by parents [family] Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Rosa Holbrooks African American Female 0 Stillborn 437 3rd St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Emmett Scott African American Male 0 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Ralph P. Brown Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 968 College Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Nicholson, Georgia
Louise Taylor Child African American Female 0 Bronchitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Harry Barnett African American Male 0 Indigestion, malnutrition 4180 Jefferson Rd. Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Jerry Davis Child Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 223 Hancock Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Eugenia Ann Jackson Caucasian Female 0 Premature 396 Oconee St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Teller Caucasian Female 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Jeanett Barton Caucasian Female 0 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Rome, Georgia
Lizzie Christerphor African American Female 0 Food poisoning [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Luke AME Cemetery
Howard Hayes African American Male 0 [??] 1679 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
J.O. Dockery Caucasian Male 0 Natural causes Strong St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Tuckston United Methodist Church Cemetery
Wade African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Andrew Wade [father] [family] Winterville, Georgia
Harriett Hince Caucasian Female 0 Convulsions [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers
Smith Caucasian Male 0 Premature Williams Street & Baldwin Street Dorsey Furniture Co. Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Earnest F. Besson Caucasian Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Wood Caucasian Female 0 Stilborn Athens, GA Parents [family] Athens, Georgia
James Thomas Seargaves Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 565 Nantahala St B. Dunaway and Sons Bradley Cemetery
Goss Harris African American Unknown 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Norris Lee Hosch African American Male 0 Brain Hickman Dr. & College Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Vera Lovlace Satcher Caucasian Female 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
Chas. H. Daniel Caucasian Male 0 Stillborn Danielsville, GA Bernstein Brothers Danielsville, Georgia
Geo. Holmes African American Male 0 Pneumonia 1163 W Broad St Dorsey Furniture Co. Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Pope Child African American Male 0 Neonatal North Avenue & Willow Street Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Macauloy Walker African American Male 0 Stomach S Church St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Clarnce Chuck Caucasian Male 0 Colitis E Cloverhurst Ave & S Church St Bernstein Brothers High Shoals, Georgia
Cariethers Caucasian Male 0 Stillborn 426 W Hancock Ave Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Moore Caucasian Female 0 Premature Maxeys, GA Buried by parents [family] Maxeys, Georgia
Ula B. Coalman African American Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Geo. C. Johnson Child African American Male 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Francis Magnolia Smith African American Female 0 Brain Athens, GA [Nothing Listed] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Nellie Bell Deadwyler African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Zion Cemetery
Eugene Hembree Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 150 Hiawassee Ave Bernstein Brothers Nicholson, Georgia
Ruth Birdsong Caucasian Female 0 Cancer 609 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sarah Louise Davis Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth 180 Barrow St McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Anne Peters Caucasian Female 0 Lungs 797 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Gena Carroll Pound Caucasian Female 0 Brain, Hemorrhage [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
H P Seymain Caucasian Male 0 Stomach 157 1st St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Emery S*S Waters Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hawkins African American Male 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Saint Luke AME Cemetery
Catherine Lane African American Female 0 Marasmus 420 N Peter St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Ninnie Joe Coker Caucasian Female 0 Starvation 250 Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Walton County, Georgia
Lois Lorina Browning Caucasian Female 0 Marasmus Whitehall, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Whitehall, Georgia
Ethel Lene Bonds African American Female 0 Unknown Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers
Minnie B. Smith African American Female 0 Fever [Unknown Address] C. V. Morris and Sons
Janie B Lester African American Female 0 Influenza Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Ray African American Female 0 Unknown, Natural Causes 357 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Henry Scott African American Male 0 Stillborn 137 Odd St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Smith African American Male 0 Premature Ruth St & Lake St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Cook Caucasian Male 0 Unknown Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Louther T. Escoe Child Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 569 Pulaski St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Dorothy Jennings African American Female 0 Stomach Bogart, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ruby Warren Child African American Female 0 Tuberculosis, Pneumonia Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Magnolia Williams African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] J. T. Griffith Clarke County, Georgia
Lorenza Foster Child African American Male 0 Pneumonia 387 Flint St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Mattie B. Holmes Child African American Female 0 Stomach 227 Rockspring St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Preston Caucasian Female 0 Starvation [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Hampton, South Carolina
James Lewis Horn Caucasian Male 0 Colitis High Shoals, GA Bernstein Brothers High Shoals, Georgia
Henry Marshall Driskell Laborer Caucasian Male 0 Heart Hickman Dr. & College Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Lester Cemetery
William Leroy Leird Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis 153 Park Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Madison County, Georgia
Flossie May Da Bell Hill African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie Barnett African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Hershal Milligan Child Caucasian Male 0 Heart Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Leonard Thrasher African American Male 0 Brain [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Lillian Gertrude Lewis Caucasian Female 0 Convulsions 878 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Melton Caucasian Male 0 [??] 185 Hawassee Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Park Child Caucasian Female 0 Asthma 535 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hayel Constantane Petropal Caucasian Female 0 Scarlet fever 358 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Thelma Hopkins African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Neal [individual] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery

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