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Jay graduated from Wayne County High School, and attended Georgia Southern University and got his bachelor's degree in accounting.

Jay was a former firefighter with the City of Jesup Fire Department.

Jay Fulton is the current coroner for Wayne County.

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

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Jay Fulton attended Georgia Southern University and got his B.B.A in Accounting. 

As of May 15, 2024, Jay Fulton did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

Jay Fulton is running for reelection for Coroner in Wayne County, 

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

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Ridge was born and raised in Wayne County. 

Ridge is the human resources and payroll manager at Altamaha Healthcare and the owner of RidgeLine Digital Marketing. He has previous experience working with Howard Jones Funeral Home. 

Ridge Shefka's campaign for coroner is his first run for public office.

Plans to provide "professional, sufficient, and compassionate service."

- Plans to provide "professional, sufficient, and compassionate service."

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

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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. 

The chief medical examiner for the county

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