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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Ruba | Wall | Student | African American | Female | 16 | Pneumonia | Pope St & Reese St | W. P. Hopson | Elberton, Georgia |
Minnie | Carter | Cook | African American | Female | 39 | Apoplexy | 550 Odd St | W. P. Hopson | Crawford, Georgia |
Wm. | Brown | Ice Cream Worker | Caucasian | Male | 18 | Syphilis | 325 N Rocksprings St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Susie | Jones | Cook | African American | Female | 60 | Apoplexy | 223 Nantahala Ave | W. P. Hopson | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Phoebe | Brown | Housework | African American | Female | 60 | Heart | 850 Waddell St | W. P. Hopson | Clarke, Georgia |
Creacues | African American | Female | Stillborn | E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Jos | Solomon | Laborer | African American | Male | 49 | Fire | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Harry | Mason | Student | African American | Male | 20 | Typhoid fever | E Broad St & S Thomas St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
George | Dye | African American | Male | 80 | Natural causes | W Hancock Ave & N Franklin St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Lonnie | James | Farmer | African American | Male | 41 | Hemmorhage, Brain | 131 Cain St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Smith | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | Ruth St & Lake St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | ||
Florida | Thomas | Cook | African American | Female | 35 | Heart, Nephritis | 143 Morton Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Hill | African American | Female | Stillborn | 215 N Pope St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
George | Hutcherson | Farmer | African American | Male | 58 | Paralysis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | W. P. Hopson | Watkinsville, Georgia |
Allin | Eberhardt | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia, Whooping Cough | 385 N Billups St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Ella F. | Jenkins | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | 145 N Rockspring St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Will Henry | Graham | Porter | African American | Male | 47 | Heart | 542 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
J.J. | Thomas | Shoemaker | African American | Male | 49 | Tuberculosis | S Hull St & Waddell St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Sue | Winfrey | Farm Laborer | African American | Female | 93 | Dropsy | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Arnoldsville, Georgia |
Callie | Johnson | Farmer | African American | Female | 53 | Stomach | 360 N Milledge Ave. | W. P. Hopson | Oconee County, Georgia |
Hill | African American | Female | Premature birth, Stillborn | 173 Pearl St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
John | Lowe | Farmer | African American | Male | 77 | Nephritis, Heart | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Albert | Tate | Porter | African American | Male | 25 | Hemorrhage | 215 Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Carrie | Edwards | Laundress | African American | Female | 29 | Nephritis | S Finley St & Baxter St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Ernest | Davis | Laborer | African American | Male | 22 | Pneumonia | 368 Athens Ave | W. P. Hopson | Middleton, Georgia |
Boyd | Smith | Farmer | African American | Male | 74 | Malaria | Ciro, GA | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Byrd | African American | Female | Stillborn | 187 Popler St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Alfred | Johnson | Student | African American | Male | 16 | Pneumonia | 123 Johnson Dr. | Theo Williams [individual] | City Athens |
James A. P. | Langston | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Pneumonia | Monroe, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Watkinsville, Georgia |
Josephine Lewis | Hammond | Caucasian | Female | 45 | Appendix, Surgery, Infection, Pneumonia | Monroe, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Rest Haven Cemetery | |
Loretta Moore | Huddlston | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 26 | Infection, Heart | Atlanta, GA | The E. L. Almand Company | Monroe Cemetery |
Jasper | Ellis | African American | Male | 2 | Unknown | Winterville, GA | T. G. Holbrook [individual] | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | |
Anna | Hunter | Child | African American | Female | 36 | Premature birth | 139 N Newton | Sterling Hunter Father [father] [family] | Athens, Georgia |
Julia Ruth | Bell | Caucasian | Female | 3 | Pneumonia, Stomach | 240 Dubose Ave | Star Bell + Co. | Cleveland, Georgia | |
Sims | African American | Male | 0 | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Sherman Brown [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia | ||
Charlie | Sims | Railroad Employee | African American | Male | 50 | Paralysis | [Unknown Address] | Sara Ann Moore [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia |
Jackson | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | Sam Wyche [individual] | Place near family house | ||
James | Shearer | Veteran | Caucasian | Male | 26 | [Nothing Listed] | [Unknown Address] | S.E McGowan [individual] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Beatrice | Carroll | African American | Female | 0 | Premature birth | 256 Dr Martin Luther King Parkway | Rufus Carroll [father] [family] | Athens, Georgia | |
Rebeco E. | Daniel | Housewife | African American | Female | 35 | Syphilis | 695 Vine | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Athens, Georgia |
Mary | Hall | Caucasian | Female | 77 | Old Age | 290 Baldwin St | Rosemary Funeral Directors | White Hall Cemetery | |
Jade Theron | Damron | Caucasian | Male | 1 | Colitis | 280 Baldwin St | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Akerson | Harris | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Tom | Jerrel | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Natural causes, Heart | Athens, GA | Rosemary Funeral Directors | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery |
Sallie Mae | Jones | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Syphilis | 242 Savannah Ave | Robt E. Jones [relative] | Athens, Georgia |
Sam | Carter | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Bowel | [Unknown Address] | Rich Watkins [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia |
John Columbus | Duke | Drayman | African American | Male | 60 | Dysentery | Athens, GA | Randolph-Smith Co. [Randolph Brothers] | Paradise Cemetery |
Dorthy Lee | Brown | African American | Female | 1 | Colitis | [Unknown Address] | Randolph Brothers | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Brown | African American | Male | Stillborn | 128 Odd St | Pauper, no undertaker; J. H. Booth, health officer | ||||
Garfield | Henderson | African American | Female | 0 | Stillborn | 398 Cleveland Ave | Pauper No Undertaker [family] | Athens, Georgia | |
Noble | None | African American | Female | 0 | Neonatal | North Ave & Willow St | Pauper No Undertaker Allensville [family] | Allensville, Georgia | |
Wright | None | African American | Male | Stillborn | 360 Milledge Ave | Pauper by city | Athens, Georgia | ||
Duthrege | Caucasian | Female | Stillborn | Bryan St & N Chase St | Pauper buried by J. H. [Be??on] [??ton] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Thomason | None | African American | Male | Stillborn | 170 Trail Creek St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Henry | Clark | African American | Male | 0 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Davenport | African American | Female | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Zella Mae | Lester | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Neonatal | 167 N Finley St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia |
Pope | African American | Male | Stillborn | 1385 W Hancock Ave | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Nesbit | African American | Male | Stillborn | 386 Arch St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Julia | Caters | African American | Female | Stillborn | 387 Arch St | Parents [family] | |||
Malcom | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | Monroe, Walton County, GA | Parents [family] | Walton County, Georgia | |||
Hattie | Lewis | African American | Male | 0 | Stomach | 245 Atlanta Ave | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |
Howard | Bates | Child | African American | Male | 0 | Seizures | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia |
Woods | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | 146 Bryant St | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
John | Elder | Child | African American | Male | 0 | Premature birth | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia |
Evans | African American | Female | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | ||
Will Henry | Bird | African American | Male | Stillborn | 135 Pearl St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Smith | African American | Male | Premature | Ruth St & Lake St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Wood | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Stilborn | Athens, GA | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Cook | African American | Male | Stillborn | North Avenue & Willow St | Parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Johnson | African American | Male | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Parents [family] | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
Hill | African American | Female | Stillborn | 220 Pearl St | Parents buried baby [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Elizabeth | Willis | African American | Female | Premature | 540 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Parent [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Marion | Moore | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Starvation | 348 4th St | Parent Fred Moore [family] | Athens, Georgia |
Flossie May Da Bell | Hill | African American | Female | 0 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Lucy | Thrasher | African American | Female | 80 | Cancer | Bogart, GA | None [family] | Oconee County, Georgia | |
Mathews | African American | Male | Premature | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Mathews | African American | Male | Premature | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Owens | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | ||
Chester Redfield | Whitehead | African American | Male | 1 | Accident (fire) | [Unknown Address] | None [Family] | Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Autry | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Premature birth | [Unknown Address] | No undertaker, buried by parent [family] | Cleveland, Georgia | ||
Sims | African American | Male | Premature | 134 Hendricks Ave | No undertaker [family] | Jackson County, Georgia | |||
Ellington | African American | Stillborn | Lyndon Ave & Dubose Ave | No undertaker [family] | At home | ||||
Wilson | Caucasian | Female | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | No undertaker [family] | Banks County, Georgia | ||
Tillman | African American | Female | Stillborn | 900 Henderson Extension | No undertaker Family burial | Brooklyn Cemetery | |||
Noble | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | North Ave & Willow St | No undertaker by parents [family] | Athens, Georgia | ||
Stokes | African American | Female | Premature | [Unknown Address] | No Undertaker (Pauper) [family] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Edward | Wilson | Farmer | African American | Male | 50 | Lungs | [Unknown Address] | No underaker in attendance [family] | |
Wright | African American | Male | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Nelson Wright [individual] | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
Dean | African American | Female | Stillborn | 487 Athens Ave | Mother & Father [family] | Watkinsville, Georgia | |||
Ida E. | Wright | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 68 | Cancer | 380 S Lumpkin St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Starrsville, Georgia |
George Calvin | Aaron | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Tuberculosis | 583 Satula Ave | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee County, Georgia |
Marth Lillian | Pitner | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 67 | Heart, Kidneys | 336 Hill St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Athens, Georgia |
Marie E | Branch | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 70 | Cancer | 598 Prince Ave | McDorman Bridges Co. | Savannah, Georgia |
Mollie | Ruderselle | Retired | Caucasian | Female | 69 | Pneumonia | Winterville, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Winterville, Georgia |
Ollie Ophelia | Couch | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 37 | Unknown | Jefferson, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Bogart, Georgia |
Emma Westabrook | Whitney | Retired | Caucasian | Female | 74 | Heart, Lungs | 784 Cobb St | McDorman Bridges Co. | Acton, Massachusetts |
Annie | Hale | Housework | Caucasian | Female | 58 | Pneumonia | Winterville, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Hale Cemetery |
Willie A. | Draper | Caucasian | Male | 49 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | McDorman Bridges Co. | Bogart, Georgia | |
Ethlinda | Cuter | Domestic | Caucasian | Female | 76 | Heart | 724 Boulevard | McDorman Bridges Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |