Early County News, Tolbert sworn in as county coroner

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Crystal graduated from Early County High School, then earned her bachelor's degree in history from Valdosta State University, master's degree in special education from Grand Canyon University, and a degree in funeral service and mortuary science from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. Crystal has a daughter, and is a member of the Mount Hosea Chapter of the Eastern Star. She has been a church musician for churches in Calhoun and Early County.

Crystal is a licensed funeral director. She has worked for 11 years in the funeral service industry.

Crystal Lagrassam Tolbert is currently the coroner in Early County. She was appointed in 2022 and is running for her first full term.

As of July 25, 2024, Crystal Lagrassam Tolbert did not have a website or any information online.

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Crystal Lagrassam Tolbert

- 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. 

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