Facebook

LinkedIn

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.

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

2024 Georgia General Elections

2024 GA Primary Election

2024 GA Primary Election Runoff

News Channel 6, Mark Bowen

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."

Public Health

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

Public Safety

Mark Bowen

As of May 16, 2024, Mark Bowen did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

As of March 23, 2024, Mark Bowen did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

- 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