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'I don’t do this to make money, I do this to help the community': Bibb County Coroner unlocks car doors for free

Marion graduated from Saint Louis University and Central Georgia Technical College. He is a locksmith in his spare time and unlocks the car doors of Macon County residents for free. 

Marion was previously an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Marion Leon Jones was elected Chief Coroner for Macon and Bibb County in 2020. 

As of March 19, 2024, Marion Leon Jones did not have a website or any information online.

Public Health

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Supports funding "non-profits and faith-based" organizations to minimize crime through the Macon Violence Prevention Plan.

Supports "stop the killing" campaign by putting the slogan in shop windows and yard signs.

Supports a program that limits drunk driving by providing free rides home at night.

- Supports funding "non-profits and faith-based" organizations to minimize crime through the Macon Violence Prevention Plan.
- Supports "stop the killing" campaign by putting the slogan in shop windows and yard signs.
- Supports a program that limits drunk driving by providing free rides home at night.

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Marion Leon Jones

- 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. 