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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. 

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

As of March 19, 2024, Patty S. Hutcheson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Patty S. Hutcheson

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 as an instructor. 

Patty earned an AA degree from Truett-McConnell College, an AS degree from Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, and BA and MA degrees from the University of West Georgia. Patty, her husband, their daughter, and son-in-law own and operate Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel and Crematory. 

Patty is currently the Executive Director of the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice and a member of the Higgins Hospital Authority Board. For 26 years Patty was an instructor at Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, and was later appointed president of the college.  

As of May 21, 2024, Patty S. Hutcheson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- 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. 

The chief medical examiner for the county

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