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Mark resides in Augusta with his wife and children.

Mark has experience as an EMT, has worked in funeral services, and was an Adjunct Death Investigator Instructor.

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Mark Bowen is currently Coroner in Richmond County. He has been in office since 2014. 

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Worked to increase awareness about organ donation and said, "We’ve been able to help over 5,000 people locally to carry on because of donation."

- Worked to increase awareness about organ donation and said, "We’ve been able to help over 5,000 people locally to carry on because of donation."

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As of March 23, 2024, Mark Bowen did not have a website or any information online.

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Mark Bowen

- 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. 