Michael Fowler to speak during local TEAAMS Session at Albany Technical College
Albany, Georgia — Albany Technical College will have a TEAAMS Monthly Empowerment Session on March 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Logistics Education Center. The featured speaker for this session will be Michael Fowler. As part of the college’s Teaching, Empowering, African American Males to Succeed (TEAAMS) initiative, the program aims to equip African American males with essential skills to help them persist and succeed despite internal and external challenges.
“The TEAAMS program is honored to have Mr. Fowler join us,” said Quanta Bell, TEAAMS Project Director. “Each month, TEAAMS hosts a Monthly Empowerment Session, where ATC faculty and community leaders are invited to speak to students.”
Michael Fowler, Sr. is the coroner of Dougherty County, Albany, Georgia. Michael Fowler has been the coroner of Dougherty County, Albany, Georgia, since 2012. He is a native Albanian and completed grade school at Dougherty Comprehensive High School. His collegiate career began at Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service in Atlanta, GA, where he holds a degree in Mortuary Science. Michael Fowler is a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner. He is an Embalmer and Funeral Director, holding licenses in Georgia and Florida. Michael Fowler’s entrepreneurial career began over 20 years ago when he founded and owns Fowler’s Removal Service. Michael retired from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after serving 17 years as a Death Investigation Specialist. He holds numerous certifications and has received many awards from several distinguished politicians.
Michael Fowler is no stranger to hard work and leadership, as evidenced by serving in numerous roles. He currently serves on the Georgia Composite Medical Board and the Board of Aspire (Albany Area Community Service Board). He served 18 years on the Georgia State Board of Funeral Service. He has served in various leadership roles, such as the former President and Vice-Chair of the
Georgia Funeral Service Practitioners Association and the past President of the Council of Economic
Development. He is a member of the Academy of Graduate Embalmers and the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. Most recently, he was appointed to the Georgia Coroner’s Training Council by the state’s Board of Public Safety. Michael Fowler is the first Dougherty County coroner selected for the council. This is the first time in more than 10 years that any new member has been selected to serve on the council.
Realizing that the greatest attribute of a leader is the willingness and ability to serve, Michael is a member of the National Disaster Medical System’s Disaster Mortuary Team (DMORT) and has assisted in 24 major morgue operations of mass fatalities such as the Albany floods, various plane crashes, the 9/11 World Trade Center tragedy at Ground Zero, the Tsunami in Asia, and the devastating Earthquake in Haiti, hurricanes such as Rita and Katrina, as well as hurricane Maria and Irma in Puerto Rico. Most recently, he has served tirelessly during the COVID-19 crisis in Dougherty County. At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Dougherty County was once ranked second in the state and considered the “very worst in the United States, according to the latest per capita comparisons across the United States as it was ranked one of the most intense by numbers hot spot in the nation (WALB).”
Michael Fowler has brought awareness to the impact of COVID-19 in Dougherty County as he has been featured in local, state, national, and international media outlets. He has been featured in television, virtual channels, radio, magazines/publications such as:
- WALB News ▪ FOX 31 News ▪ Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC)
- TIME Magazine ▪ LA Times ▪ British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Associated Press ▪ WABE 90.1 Atlanta’s NPR Station ▪ NY Times
- WSWG 44 ▪ German Media ▪ Wall Street Journal
- Roland Martin's Unfiltered Daily Digital Show ▪ Black News Channel
- NPR’sThen & Now Show ▪ GA Health News ▪ Atlanta Magazine
- Wall Street Journal ▪ The Washington Post ▪ Mother Jones’ Magazine
- iHeart Radio ▪ 60 Minutes ▪ Black Voters Matter
- Zeit Magazine (a German Magazine)
- Cable News Network (CNN) ▪ Good Morning America
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- Expressen Newspaper (Swedish Publications)
- RAPCO Media, LLC ▪
- ABC’s Diane Sawyer Special Report - Our New Reality
His visibility has been used as a catalyst to train/educate other counties impacted by COVID-19, to procedurally operate in a new crisis.
Michael Lynn Fowler, Sr. is an influential community and spiritual leader. He is the Pastor of Americus Holiness Deliverance Temple. After retiring, Fowler decided to fulfill a dream that he had for years, becoming the Coroner for Dougherty County. He achieved this goal through faith in God, a lifetime of hard work, determination to reach his own personal goals, and passion to fulfill his God-given purpose. Since being the Dougherty County Coroner, he has significantly increased community awareness in the areas of opioid abuse, drowning dangers, suicide prevention, homicide prevention, and the dangers of texting and driving. He has done various presentations, produced public service announcements, and created live reenactments to help make the citizens of Dougherty County safer.
Of the many roles Fowler has held, his most precious was being a devoted and loving husband. He is married to Carolyn Fowler. He is an impeccable father to Jenene, Michael, Jr., Rosalynn (Henry), Bria, Brandi, and Jay. He is an adored grandfather to Jasmine, Kammyli, Kadence, and Serenity Rose.