Albany Herald: Hill Mackey appointed Lee County Coroner

Mackey is from Dawson County, Georgia and graduated from the Seoul American High School in Seoul, South Korea. He is married to his wife, with whom they have four children and one grandchild. He currently resides in Lee County. He is a member of Gillionville Baptist Church. 

Hill has experience serving as a deputy coroner. 

Ballotpedia, Hill Mackey

Hill Mackey is the Lee County Coroner. He was appointed to this position in 2017, and has served for two terms. 

As of June 15, 2025, Hill Mackey did not have a website or any information online.

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Hill Mackey

- 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. 