Patty holds two associate's degrees, one from Truett-McConnell College, and a second from Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service. She also holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, both from the University of West Georgia. She is married to her husband, Danny, with whom they have one daughter together. She is a member of the Higgins Hospital Authority Board. 

Patty co-owns and operates the Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel and Crematory, and serves as the Executive Director of the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. She previously held positions at Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, as a president, and as an instructor. 

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Patty S. Hutcheson is currently the Haralson County Coroner in Georgia.

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- 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. 