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This article is about Corey Wayne Watson. Corey was born in Selmer Tennessee on August 24, 1988. He was adopted and raised by his grandparents Paul & Diann Taylor-Watson. After birth he was moved to his hometown of Mallie, Kentucky in Knott County. From a very young age he knew he would be a Funeral professional! Coming from a very small town where everyone knows everyone he began making friends and eventually started working at a new funeral home in town (Nelson Frazier Funeral Home) in HINDMAN Kentucky. After receiving his Kentucky Funeral Director license in 2012 he pushed hard to be the best he could be. While working at the funeral home he took on the task to become a license Auctioneer and after the apprenticeship he gained those as well. While in high school at the knott county central high school his sophomore year he competed at the Ky state fair ffa auctioneer competition and won first place with that, being named the Ky state ffa state champion auctioneer. He decided he wanted to further his work with the deceased so he place his name to be the democratic nomination for knott County Coroner on December 2017 to be on the ballot on May 2018. While he triumphantly won the race buy 899 votes more than his opponent Donnie Salmons Sr. Corey Took office on January 2, 2019 as the Knott County Coroner. The prior Coroner was William Jeffery Blair. Corey is the Youngest person to be elected coroner in knott county at the again of 29 at the election and 30 when assuming office. He has live in Mallie KY, HINDMAN KY and currently resides in Raven Ky all of which are in Knott County. His spouse is Shania Slone-Watson whom he married on June 2012 by reverend Mike Caudill at the HINDMAN First Baptist church and currently has no children. He is currently working on becoming a member of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. Also services on the knott county 911 advisory board and assist the emergency management director when requested. He is a master mason at HINDMAN Masonic lodge, Shriner at El Hasa temple in Ashland Ky and passed president of the knott county Shriners club. Also volunteers with local 4H organization. He will be a human remains detection K-9 handler in 2020 with K-9 Freya as brindle Dutch Shepherd who was bred and trained in Alberta Canada by Mary Ann Warren with precision rescue dogs.