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 Sexsort ascending Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Edward Reginald Hodgson Capitalist Caucasian Male 73 Heart 1001 Prince Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Will Jackson Laborer African American Male 40 Tuberculosis 121 Trail Creek St Mack and Payne
Allen Johnson Laborer African American Male 55 Paralysis W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave Mack and Payne Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Fred J. Lewis African American Male 13 Paralysis 390 N Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Madison County, Georgia
Jas. Oldham Farmer Caucasian Male 62 Gun, Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morgan County, Georgia
Sam Mcqueen Barber African American Male 72 Nephritis 656 Hill St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Rastus Ford Williams Child African American Male 0 Premature 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
John T. Anderson Real Estate Caucasian Male 70 Cancer Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Frank Sims Laborer African American Male 62 Pneumonia Pittard Rd & Old Elberton Rd Dorsey Furniture Co. Spaulding Cemetery
R?Y Gardner Housewife African American Male 9 Homicide Commerce, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Jimmie Lee Farmer African American Male 17 Tuberculosis Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd Mack and Payne New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
James Thomas Seargaves Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia 565 Nantahala St B. Dunaway and Sons Bradley Cemetery
Walker Callahan Carpenter Caucasian Male 24 Accident (car) 360 N Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Greensboro, Georgia
James C. Fuller Real Estate Caucasian Male 42 Apoplexy 523 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Alonza Stevens Laborer African American Male Nephritis, Dropsy W Broad St & S Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Dallas Hayes African American Male 80 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlie Dean Farmer African American Male 60 Mitral, Nephritis 4180 Jefferson Rd. Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
Wm. Alexander Lewis Farmer Caucasian Male 3 Infection 236 W Dougherty St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Willie Barnett Student African American Male 9 Influenza Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ramp Jones Farmer African American Male 58 Heart Athens, GA [??]
Oliver Busch Laborer African American Male 31 Heart, Nephritis 1298 Oconee St Dorsey Furniture Co. Spalding County, Georgia
John Moore Farmer African American Male 70 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
George Brittin Carpenter African American Male 50 Cancer 158 W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Enoch Prather Caucasian Male 70 Heart 380 Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
William Clark Laborer African American Male 52 Injury 270 China St Mack and Payne Oconee Hill Cemetery
John Brandon Laborer African American Male 60 Stomach Pearl St & Third St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Cortis Williams Caucasian Male 6 Typhoid Fever 298 Baldwin St Bernstein Brothers Pleasant Grove Cemetery
C. E. Nicholson Merchant Caucasian Male 59 Apoplexy Statham, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Statham, Georgia
Logan Grisham Cook African American Male 65 Hernia, Dropsy 862 Reese St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Alonzo C Hancock Real Estate Caucasian Male 51 Bright's Disease Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Willie Witcher Farm Laborer African American Male 16 Brain [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
Helly Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Dock Jackson Laborer African American Male 66 Bright's Disease, Heart Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave Mack and Payne Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Hugh Hartley Carithers Caucasian Male 0 Malnutrition 694 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Madison County, Georgia
Watkins Retired Caucasian Male 65 Pneumonia 1447 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Maysville, Georgia
William Johnson Laborer African American Male 26 Appendix 270 Atlanta Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Willie B. Lesley Laborer African American Male 21 Tuberculosis, Nephritis 183 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Wyett Upson Carpenter African American Male 76 Poisoning 1140 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Chas Johnson Farmer African American Male 55 Nephritis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Coleman Caucasian Male Stillborn Park Ave & Easy St Bernstein Brothers Farmington, Georgia
Andrew Aaron Caucasian Male 2 Nephritis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
William H. Merck Retired Caucasian Male 74 Cancer 175 Childs St Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Alarnza Johnson Laborer African American Male 15 Tuberculosis 1032 W Reese St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Mathews African American Male Premature [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
George Stokely Laborer African American Male 58 Heart 368 N Chase St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Charlie Camp Farmer Caucasian Male 50 Accident (gun) Statham, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Barrow County, Georgia
Dorkus Lee Shelton Student Caucasian Male 9 Accident (drowning) 748 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Macauloy Walker African American Male 0 Stomach S Church St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
M Ector Janitor African American Male 49 Heart 293 S Finley St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Lewis Littleton Laborer African American Male 19 Pneumonia 145 Valley St Bernstein Brothers Tignall, Georgia
Clark African American Male Stillborn Strong St & Foundry St Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
David Johnson African American Male 0 Premature [unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey
Tom Johnson Laborer African American Male 33 Accident (drowning) Broad St & Paris St Mack and Payne Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Nelson O. Little Laborer African American Male 74 Uremia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Albert Boykin African American Male 80 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Mose Matthews Laborer African American Male 75 Rheumatism 1365 W Hancock St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
George M. Booth Farmer Caucasian Male 70 Kidneys, Heart, Bright's 445 Meigs St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Austin African American Male Stillborn 170 N Finley St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
O. L. Deadwyler Physician Caucasian Male 51 Accident (car) Carlton, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Old Fork Cemetery
Duson Smith Child African American Male 0 Pneumonia Winterville, GA Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Nick Gear Farmer African American Male 80 Old Age [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Cerll Strickland Farmer African American Male 50 Cancer 158 Strickland Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Henry Scott African American Male 0 Stillborn 137 Odd St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Wm Smith Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 38 Appendicitis 180 Hiawassee Ave Bernstein Brothers Braselton, Georgia
Eddie Mills Painter African American Male 40 Heart 140 Rockspring St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Willie Finley Porter African American Male 20 Tuberculosis Winterville, GA Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Gaddis Caucasian Male Premature birth, Stillborn Strong St & N Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Archa Mckenley Butler African American Male 40 Heart 350 University Ave W. P. Hopson Lexington, Georgia
Horston Haynes Farmer African American Male 75 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ivan Wright Hale Caucasian Male 2 Dysentery Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
H. S. Burch Merchant Caucasian Male 47 Abscess 360 N Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Elberton, Georgia
Kenneth Lilly Mason Caucasian Male 27 Carbolic poisoning 225 Barrow St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wm. Henry Barnett Laborer African American Male 21 Tuberculosis Strong St & N Lumpkin St W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Will Johnson Laborer African American Male 50 Tuberculosis North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Alsa F. Reddling Guard Caucasian Male 58 Aarteries, Heart, Bright's Disease Whitehall, GA Dorsey Furniture Co.
Will Williams Fireman African American Male 34 [??] Athens, GA Mack and Payne Madison County, Georgia
Bolton M Crocker Driver Caucasian Male 64 Apoplexy Spartanburg, SC Bernstein Brothers Spartanburg, South Carolina
Morton Caucasian Male Stillborn Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Edward G Oglitry Retired Caucasian Male 79 Pneumonia 145 Mulberry St B. Dunaway and Sons Attica, Georgia
Will Brittin City Employee African American Male 57 Apoplexy 140 Glenhaven Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
James Zockrich Prairie Caucasian Male 0 [??] Strong St & N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Vineyards Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
James D. Price Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 65 Heart 248 Springdale St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
L. L. Brandon Proprietor Caucasian Male 33 Appendix [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
J.N. Woods Farmer Caucasian Male 81 Influenza [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Franklin H. Williams Merchant Caucasian Male 61 Cancer 601 N Thomas St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jutson Elder Railroad Employee African American Male 18 Stomach 482 Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Oconee County, Georgia
Sam Hamilton Laborer African American Male 49 Nephritis, Heart 297 N Finley St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Erwin Harper Carpenter African American Male 56 Heart, Dropsy 452 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Calvin Nilson Laborer African American Male 19 Tuberculosis 183 Miller St Mack and Payne Woodville, Georgia
Clarnce Chuck Caucasian Male 0 Colitis E Cloverhurst Ave & S Church St Bernstein Brothers High Shoals, Georgia
Emery S*S Waters Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Carl Adolphus Von Der Lieth Accountant Caucasian Male 57 Asthma Strong St & N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Fred Lucas Johnson African American Male 0 [??] Grove St & Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
James Aaron Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
E. K. Collins Caucasian Male 0 Meningitis Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Augustus G. Johnson Laborer African American Male 63 Old Age, Heart 473 Oak St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Otis Sims Camp Student Caucasian Male 18 Accident (airplane) [Unknown Address] C. M. Ferguson [individual] Barrow County, Georgia
Charles W. Heard Police Caucasian Male 64 Paralysis 585 Barber St Dorsey Furniture Co. Bogart, Georgia
James H. Sheppard Retired Caucasian Male 88 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery

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