The McDuffie Progress: Johnson takes officer as coroner

Paul is from Augusta, Georgia, and has lived in McDuffie County since 1974. He is married with 5 children and 8 grandchildren.

Paul previously worked as the deputy coroner in McDuffie County and had a 39-year career in the fire service.

Paul F Johnson currently serves as the Coroner in McDuffie County. He was first elected in 2020 and is serving his first term.

Wants to create a morgue in McDuffie County.

Believes that a morgue is necessary because, "...With Interstate 20 running through McDuffie County, a multi-fatality accident could cause a need to store more bodies past what the hospital can handle."

- Wants to create a morgue in McDuffie County.
- Believes that a morgue is necessary because, "...With Interstate 20 running through McDuffie County, a multi-fatality accident could cause a need to store more bodies past what the hospital can handle."

Public Health

Believes in establishing an office where "a family can come meet with him with him as needed."

- Believes in establishing an office where "a family can come meet with him with him as needed."

Public Safety

Paul F Johnson

- 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. 