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Ronald graduated from Darton College with an associate degree in paramedicine. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Cusseta, Georgia. 

Ronald has served as the Deputy Coroner in Chattahoochee County. He also previously served as captain, paramedic, and training officer at the volunteer fire department. 

Ronald Hedgecoke is the Coroner in Chattachoochee County. He was elected to this position in 2020, and has served 1 term. 

Said he "would have an open-door policy where anyone in the community that has a question...could contact me and I would respond in a timely and professional manner."

- Said he "would have an open-door policy where anyone in the community that has a question...could contact me and I would respond in a timely and professional manner."

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As of March 19, 2024, Ronald Hedgecoke did not have a website or any information online.

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Ronald Hedgecoke

As of March 19, 2024, Ronald Hedgecoke did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Ronald has four years of previous experience as the Deputy Coroner in Chattahoochee County. He also previously served as captain, paramedic, and training officer at the volunteer fire department. He has 22 years of experience as a firefighter and paramedic. 

Ronald Hedgecoke ran for Coroner in Chattachoochee County in 2020 and won.  

- 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. 

The chief medical examiner for the county