Norman Smith Running for Polk County Coroner

Meet Our Staff

Norman is a graduate of the funeral service program at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, AL, and is licensed by the State of Georgia as a Funeral Director and Embalmer. He has previous experience as a volunteer in fire service and emergency medicine. Smith lives in Polk County with his wife and their two kids, where they attend Cedartown First Methodist Church.

Norman has worked in funeral services for the past thirty years. He is the owner of Smith & Miller Funeral Homes.

Norman Smith is currently the Polk County Coroner. He has served in the position since 2020.

Has implemented an electronic reporting system to improve communications between between the Coroner's office and the Medical Examiner's office.

- Has implemented an electronic reporting system to improve communications between between the Coroner's office and the Medical Examiner's office.

Public Health

As of July 25, 2024, Norman Smith did not have a website or any information online.

Public Safety

Norman Smith

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 