![udge Karen Batten, Probate Court, Brantley County Georgia.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2020-10/karen-batten-article-202010201119.jpg?itok=-oIPRWHU)
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Judge Karen Batten died after spending weeks on a ventilator. Her husband also contracted the virus and was on a ventilator at a different hospital, but his condition is improving.
Credit: Council of Probate Judges of Georgia via Facebook