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Thomas went to Douglas County High School in Douglas County, Georgia. He now lives in Leesville, Georgia with his wife and two children.

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Thomas worked as a fuel attendant for Clayton County, Georgia,

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Thomas Benjamin Sosby's campaign for Coroner in Sumter County in his first entry into politics. 

As of March 19, 2024, Thomas Benjamin Sosby did not have a website.

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Bobby graduated from Berean College, majoring in specialized ministries, and he received his GED from South Georgia Technical College. Bobby graduated with honors from the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service and became a member of Pi Sigma Eta National Morticians fraternity. He is married with 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. 

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Bobby is currently the CEO and general manager of Hancock Funeral Home. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer. Previously, he was registered with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Department of Private Detective/Private Security Agencies Division. 

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Bobby Hancock-Harris' campaign for coroner is his first entry into politics.

Said, if elected, will "work to put into place policies and procedures to make the administration of the office as transparent as possible, and without bias to families’ consent, removal and release of remains to local or distant funeral homes."

- Said, if elected, will "work to put into place policies and procedures to make the administration of the office as transparent as possible, and without bias to families’ consent, removal and release of remains to local or distant funeral homes."

Plans to lower the coroner's budget while still providing all the same services in order to ensure efficiency.

- Plans to lower the coroner's budget while still providing all the same services in order to ensure efficiency.

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- 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. 