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Jimmy is from Sylvester, where he still lives. He attended Worth County High School.

Jimmy has worked as a firefighter and EMT in Worth County since 1974, and as Deputy Coroner since 2013.

Jimmy Nelms' campaign for county coroner is his first entry into politics.

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

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Jimmy Nelms

- 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. 