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George went to Rockdale County High School and Gupton Jones Mortuary School in Lithonia.

George has been the co-owner and Levett Funeral Home Inc. for three decades. He also has been a pastor in Rockdale for 27 years. 

George Levett Jr. was elected coroner in Rockdale County in 2012 and has served 3 terms. 

Levett to run for coroner

Plans to convert facilities in the county into morgues to ease transport.

- Plans to convert facilities in the county into morgues to ease transport.

Public Health

Wants to "[coordinate] with other first responder, health and public safety agencies."

- Wants to "[coordinate] with other first responder, health and public safety agencies."

Public Safety

George Levett Jr.

- 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. 