Northwest Georgia News, Sims unseats long-time Walker County coroner

Billy has lived in Walker County for more than 30 years.

Prior to his election as coroner, Billy was employed at Moore Funeral Home since 2000. He has also worked with the Dade County ambulance service and at Lane Funeral Home South Crest Chapel for more than 20 years.

Billy Sims was first elected as coroner in 2020. 

As of March 19, 2024, William H (Billy) Sims did not have a website or any information online.

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W. Dewayne graduated with an associate's degree in paramedicine from Dalton State College. He lives with his wife in High Point, Georgia. 

W. Dewayne has forty-two years of experience in public safety as a Communications Officer, Detention Officer, Volunteer Fire Fighter, Volunteer Fire Chief, Paramedic, EMT Instructor, and Deputy Coroner. 

W. Dewayne Wilson is the coroner in Walker County. He was elected in 2004 and has served five consecutive terms. 

As of March 19, 2024, W. Dewayne Wilson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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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. 