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Joel lives in Cartersville with his family.

Joel has experience working with Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Joel Thomas Guyton has served as coroner in Bartow County for more than 20 years.

As of March 19, 2024, Joel Thomas Guyton did not have a website or any information online.

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Joel Thomas Guyton

Joel Thomas Guyton lives in Cartersville with his family.

Joel Thomas Guyton has experience working with Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Joel Thomas Guyton has served as Coroner in Bartow County for more than 20 years and is seeking re-election.

As of March 19, 2024, Joel Thomas Guyton 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. 