Fiveash leads Lowndes coroner race

Austin attended Valdosta Technical College (now Wiregrass Georgia Technical College). 

Austin has 10 years experience in the EMS service.

Austin Fiveash is the current coroner for Lowndes County, and was first elected in 2016.

Wants to "expand the coroner’s office and expand service to the citizens.”

- Wants to "expand the coroner’s office and expand service to the citizens.”

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As of June 4, 2025, Austin Fiveash’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Latonya S Gordon went to Northeast High School. She currently lives in Valdosta, Georgia with her partner. 

Latonya S Gordon is currently an Assistant Director of Nursing with SGMC Lakeland Villa and an Independent Consultant at Paparazzi Accessories. She was previously a Registered Nurse at SGMC Health.


As of July 25, 2024, Latonya S Gordon did not have a website or any information online.

As of June 4, 2025, Latonya S Gordon did not have a website.

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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. 

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