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Crouch Seeks Election
for Bath County Coroner
candidacy for Bath County Coroner: I am first and
foremost a child of God. I was born and raised in Bath County to Irvin Martin and
,Amett Martin of Sharpsburg. I am also the wife to Thomas Crouch,
,Morgan and Thomas Jr. and a grandmother to Abigail. I am
a lifelong resident of Bath County. I attended Bath County High school and then
Morehead State Universi~ My husband and I are small business owners as we cur-
Inc. We most recently sold Cmudgs
r Boy Inc a convince store that we owned and operated the past twelve
years. We also operated Crouch's Country Boy#2 in Olympia in 200%2010.
time
of her dection twenty-four years of age, a citizen of Kentudo/, and who has not
resided in the State two years, and one year preceding her dection in the county
~e is a candidate.
r like many neighboring counties the elected official will receive the
required training after they are dected. Upon deaion, coroners must undergo a
well as continuing education requirements, during their term,
Several states use medicolegal death investigators training programs for basic coroner
trainin~ which usually requires 40 hours of training and can be completed in a single
these tyrograms include causes and manner
,suicides, abuse recognition, crimescene investigations
and death investigation laws.
What does a coroner do? The four major tasks of a coroner are. notification of the
::~ of kin, time of death, cause and manner of death.
I ,-.- -- ~~i~' Most cause and manner of death are det~n'rnined by an autopsy conducted bythe
I I ~ ~ state medical examiner's office in Frankfort. Most cases are dete.~, ed to be health
~ related. The coroner's offices utilize the medical examiners office and
I~ ~'::'to~dcology labs in hdping solve cases.
I F"T--~ The Coroner and Deputy Coroners will work in coordination with all agencies,
I! V I OwingsvSe Police Department, Bath County Sheriffs Office, Kentucky State
I L ~ City and County Fire Departments, EMS and the DEA.
1 -------~'~' ~ Ginny Rkhardson-Clark has agreed to become the Deputy Coroner for Bath
|| ~ ~l County If I am honored to be dected your next Bath County Coroner. Ginny Is a
I~ licensed Funeral Director and soon to be Embalmer at Richardson Funeral Home.
| ~-----~ ~ She has been serving Bath County in this capacity for nearly 12 years. She is the
I rr"'~ daughter of Cathy Griffith Richardson and the hte Paul Richardson who was a
l! V I Deputy Coroner under the current Coroner, RobbiePowelLfromthetimeRobbie
I~ elected until Pad's death in 2017. Ginnyis a graduate of the Des Moines Area
I ~~= Community Co. ~age School of Mortuary Science and Morehead State Unive~.
|~ The Coroners job is a 24-hour, 7 day a week job. W'ahanannualsalaryof$7,000:I :~ I
|~ ~ould like to ask each one ofyou for your vote on May 22. I will take pride in being [ ~,I
,~ your Bath County Coroner and serving this community, ~ |
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|~ When decting Vickie M. Crouch for Bath County Coroner you will be decting
|| V| a coroner with honesty, education, hard [ V| |
I~ dedication, |~1
