WATCH: ‘I don’t feel like I’m through yet’: It’s hard to stop Hall County’s Marion Merck, likely Georgia’s oldest coroner - Gainesville Times

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WATCH: ‘I don’t feel like I’m through yet’: It’s hard to stop Hall County’s Marion Merck, likely Georgia’s oldest coroner

Hall County coroner Marion Merck talks about his long career Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Merck has been coroner since 1990 and is planning on serving another term. - photo by Scott Rogers

05022024 MERCK 4.jpg — Hall County coroner Marion Merck talks about his long career Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Merck has been coroner since 1990 and is planning on serving another term. - photo by Scott Rogers

Some men looked up to cowboys or football players as role models, but Marion Merck was different.