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 Cemeterysort ascending
Katie Cox African American Female 49 Mitral, Nephritis 964 Baxter St W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Callie Sue Harris Caucasian Female 10 Meningitis 360 N Milledge Ave. Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Leitha Linton Cook African American Female 58 Influenza [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Teller Caucasian Female 0 Premature [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Katherine Baldwin Domestic African American Female 84 Pneumonia 125 N Rocksprings St Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
D. J. Evans Mill Employee Caucasian Male 51 Stomach Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Mary Jennings Domestic African American Female 40 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
J. W. O'Kelly Office Work Caucasian Male 71 Dropsy 269 N Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Josephine Wilkins Domestic African American Female 54 Pneumonia Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Oglesby, Georgia
Eldora Biggs Nurse African American Female 16 Tuberculosis 158 Yonah Ave W. P. Hopson Oglesby, Georgia
George Colley Mill Employee Caucasian Male 28 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Richard B. Gray Telephone Company Caucasian Male 50 Infection 175 Nacoochee Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Asa Ludie Payne Physician Caucasian Male 65 Stomach, Hemorrhage Fort Lamar, Madison County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Augusta Allen Housework Caucasian Female 85 Pneumonia 975 Baxter St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Edna Mcclain Caucasian Female 21 Anemia 154 Park Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Gussie Woods Teacher Caucasian Female 37 Cancer 163 W Hancock Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Oconee Hill Cemetery
Julis Stephens Caucasian Male 6 Pneumonia 146 Bryan St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sarah Louise Davis Caucasian Female 0 Premature birth 180 Barrow St McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Dora Jane Harris Housewife Caucasian Female 45 Cancer 386 W Broad St McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
John T. Pollard Painter Caucasian Male 46 Paralysis, Insanity Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ruth Birdsong Caucasian Female 0 Cancer 609 Cobb St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ellen Lurene Mell Caucasian Female 70 Cancer 257 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ethel Carlton Thomas Housewife Caucasian Female 39 Influenza, Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ruby Hill Housewife Caucasian Female 41 Cancer 175 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wm. Pierce Reynolds Retired Caucasian Male 92 Old Age 449 Hull Rd Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Julia Bramblett Housework Caucasian Female 83 Old Age 784 Prince Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Elnora D Eidam Housework Caucasian Female 60 Pneumonia Lenoir Ave & Nacoochee Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Fannie L. Mitchell Retired Caucasian Female 83 Uremia 473 Hancock Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Elsie Cicalia Jahlin Caucasian Female 4 Nephritis 153 Vine St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hattie E. Vannatter Housework Caucasian Female 52 Cancer 1227 S Lumpkin St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Wilburn Scoggins Farmer Caucasian Male 62 Nephritis, Heart [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Henry C. Cauch Farmer Caucasian Male 72 Bright's Disease 246 W Clayton St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
William H Flanagan Mill Employee Caucasian Male 53 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Oldham Caucasian Male 0 Premature 168 E Dougherty St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
William T. Lester Farmer Caucasian Male 65 Bright's Disease, arteries Mitchell Bridge Rd & Atlanta Highway Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Henry Clay White Professor Caucasian Male 78 Pneumonia 480 S Milledge St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Simon Sloman Retired Caucasian Male 71 Uremia, Heart, Bright's Disease 1160 Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Fannie Mack Laundress African American Female 65 Cancer 170 Green St Mack and Payne Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sarah H. Williams Caucasian Female 71 Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage 224 Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Waie Smith Caucasian Female 82 Arthritis 200 N Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Charlie Crowder Mill Employee Caucasian Male 17 Pneumonia 149 Tibbetts Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hall Caucasian Female Stillborn 293 Hoyt St Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Margrette Pike Caucasian Female 0 Meningitis Easy St & Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Thomas Baily Retired Caucasian Male 82 Old Age 240 Hull St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Emily Mckennon Housework Caucasian Female 74 Apoplexy 357 Oak St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. E. Talinadya Caucasian Male 72 Heart, Bright's Disease, Pneumonia 1753 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
William Dotson Manufacturing Caucasian Male 81 Pneumonia 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Alice Henderson Caucasian Female 70 Apoplexy 377 Baxter St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
E. A. Prince Carpenter Caucasian Male 68 Cancer 235 Satula Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jas. H. Booth Retired Caucasian Male 56 Nephritis North Avenue & Spring Ct Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Francis E. Hubert Domestic Caucasian Female 80 Asthma, Heart Cemetery St & East Campus Road Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
T. W. Rucker Lawyer Caucasian Male 78 Heart, Kidneys 520 Dearing St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Hellen Inez Bullard Student Caucasian Female 9 Traumatic Head Injury 360 Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Geo W Farrell Merchant Caucasian Male 46 Cancer 446 E Clayton St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Lettie Muse Housework Caucasian Female 68 Heart 323 S Pope St McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
S. C. Kellum Housework Caucasian Female 72 Typhoid fever 128 1st St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
John Watkins Carpenter Caucasian Male 69 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Shipp Caucasian Male 0 Premature 228 Barber St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
W. A. Clarke Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 62 Apoplexy, Influenza 245 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Louis Gaddis Caucasian Male 0 Marasmus 279 N Lumpkin St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Wallace Parnell Caucasian Male 12 Gun N Peter St & Vine St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clara E. Smith Housework Caucasian Female 24 Tuberculosis Atlanta, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Harvey Cooper Student Caucasian Male 17 Heart E Dougherty St & Foundry St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
William D. Greggs Driver Caucasian Male 49 Cancer 153 Inglewood Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
V Adelada Peebles Caucasian Female 85 Heart, Pneumonia 560 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Virginia Allen Office Employee Caucasian Female 25 Uremia 975 Baxter St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
James B. Mccluid Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 66 Pneumonia, Stomach 237 Bryan St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
E. H. Youngken Merchant Caucasian Male 57 Diabetes Henderson, Chatham County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Myer Stern Banker Caucasian Male 77 Heart Reese St & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jas. N. Davison Retired Caucasian Male 71 Heart 234 Hill St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
James F. Hart Accountant Caucasian Male Heart 1393 Milledge Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
W J Potts Housewife Caucasian Female 53 Brain Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sallie Bishop Caucasian Female 75 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Nellie Merck Housewife Caucasian Female 29 Influenza, Female 157 Childs St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. L. Thomas Housewife Caucasian Female 51 Uremia 305 S Jackson St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Annie Alice Hodges Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Roach Caucasian Male Premature 253 Satula Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Merton Albert Broach Student Caucasian Male 14 Infection S Lumpkin St & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
A. G. Elder Housewife Caucasian Female 70 Pneumonia Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Ida Monchrill Housework African American Female 49 Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Sarah A James Caucasian Female 65 Heart Georgia Drive & Kent St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
A. Jack Wages Carpenter Caucasian Male 49 Dropsy 250 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Scott Caucasian Male 0 Premature 125 Wilcox St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Rufus W Center Caucasian Male 32 Heart 724 Boulevard B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clarson Jane Fleeman Housework Caucasian Female 62 Mitral, Nephritis 985 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Caroline Owenby Caucasian Female 50 Heart 155 Vine St Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
William Lewis Fireman Caucasian Male 55 Apoplexy 742 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clara Va. Whitworth Housework Caucasian Female 55 Bronchitis, Lung Yonah Ave & Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Charlotte Lee Patat Caucasian Female 0 Cholera Hoyt St & State St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Andrew Aaron Caucasian Male 2 Nephritis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
D. W. Manus Caucasian Male 1 [??] Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Daisey M. Wilson Housework Caucasian Female 35 Pellagra Hoyt St & State St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
St. Johns Caucasian Male Stillborn, Unknown 731 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jade Theron Damron Caucasian Male 1 Colitis 280 Baldwin St Rosemary Funeral Directors Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. L. Hanna Manager Caucasian Male 23 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Collette L, Pitner Retired Caucasian Male 66 Unknown 336 Hill St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Walter H. A. Barrow Child Caucasian Male 1 Dysentery 109 Herty Dr Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Lora Lee Mclawhorn Caucasian Female 3 Pneumonia 590 Barber St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clovis G Talmadge Merchant Caucasian Male 49 Pneumonia, Epilepsy 1295 Prince Ave McDorman Bridges Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Addie Lenira Dunaway Housewife Caucasian Female 24 Hemmorhage, Lungs 251 Franklin St McDorman Bridges Co Oconee Hill Cemetery

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