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White County GA, Ricky Barrett

Ricky graduated from the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service. He is married to his wife, Kim, with whom he has 4 children and 4 grandchildren. Ricky is a deacon at the First Baptist Church of Cleveland.

Ricky is the owner of Barrett Funeral Home, which he opened in 1976.

Ricky Barrett is currently the coroner of White County. 

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

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Ricky Barrett

As of July 27, 2024, Ricky Barrett did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Ricky Barrett is currently Coroner in White County. Information on when they were elected is unavailable. 

As of July 25, 2024, Ricky Barrett did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

- 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. 