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Clay was born in Barnesville, Georgia. He lives in Redbone with his wife and three daughters. 

Clay has worked in law enforcement, for Lamar County Fire/Rescue, and as a first responder. 

Clay Tillery is currently the coroner in Lamar County. He was elected in 2020 and is serving his first term. 

As of June 16, 2025, Clay Tillery did not have a website or any information online.

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Clay Tillery

- 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. 