James A. Thompson
District 8 Director
Welding Educator,
Wallace State Community College
655 County Road 1319
Cullman, AL 35077
E: jthompsonwelds@gmail.com
District 8 Sections
SECTION 031Chattanooga
Section Website: awssection.com/chattanooga/
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In Tennessee to include Polk, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Bledsoe, Van Buren, Warren, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Sequatchie, Marion, Hamilton, and Bradley Counties.
In Georgia to include Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Gordon and Chattooga Counties.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS Chattanooga Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
SECTION 045Nashville
Section Website: awssection.com/nashville/
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In Tennessee to include Stewart, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, Macon, Clay, Overton, Jackson, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson, Davidson, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Benton, Decatur, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, Lewis, Lawrence, Giles, Maury, Williamson, Marshall, Lincoln, Moore, Bedford, Rutherford, Cannon, DeKalb, White and Putnam Counties.
In Kentucky to include Trigg, Christian, Todd, Logan, Warren, Simpson, Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe and Cumberland Counties.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS Nashville Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
SECTION 071Northeast Tennessee
Section Website: awssection.com/northeasttennessee/
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In Tennessee to include Pickett, Fentress, Morgan, Cumberland, Roane, Loudon, Monroe, Blount, Knox, Anderson, Scott, Campbell, Claiborne, Union, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier and Cocke Counties.
In Kentucky to include Clinton, Wayne, Russell, McCreary, Whitley, Laurel, Owsley, Clay, Knox and Bell Counties.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS Northeast Tennessee Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
SECTION 077Holston Valley
Section Website: awssection.com/holstonvalley/
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In Tennessee to include Hancock, Hawkins, Greene, Unicoi, Washington, Sullivan, Carter and Johnson Counties.
In Kentucky to include Harlan, Leslie, Perry, Letcher, Knott, Breathitt, Magoffin, and Wolfe Counties.
In Virginia to include Lee, Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan, Russell, Washington, Smyth, Tazewell, Bland and Wythe Counties.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS Holston Valley Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
SECTION 095Greater Huntsville
Section Website: awssection.com/greaterhuntsville/
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In Alabama to include all the counties north of and including Marion, Winston, Cullman, Blount, Etowah and Cherokee.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS Greater Huntsville Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
SECTION 106West Tennessee
Section Website: awssection.com/west-tennessee/
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In Tennessee to include all the counties west of and including Henry, Carroll, Henderson, and Hardin.
In Missouri to include Scott, Stoddard, Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid, and Mississippi Counties.
In Mississippi to include Desoto, Marshall, Tate, and Tunica Counties.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS West Tennessee Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
SECTION 147Northeast Mississippi
Section Website: awssection.com/nemississippi/
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In Mississippi to include Benton, Tippah, Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prentiss, Itawamba, Lee, Union, Pontotoc, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Coahoma, Bolivar, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Leflore, Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, Yalobusha, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe, Lowndes, Clay, Webster, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston, Noxubee, Kemper, Neshoba, Leake, Attala, Yazoo, Holmes, Humphreys, Washington, Sharkey, and Madison Counties.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS Northeast Mississippi Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
SECTION 195Western Carolina
Section Website: awssection.com/wcarolina/
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In North Carolina to include all the counties west of and including Ashe, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and Cleveland.
In South Carolina to include Greenville, Spartanburg, and Cherokee Counties.
In Georgia to include Towns and Union Counties.
Section Officers and Section Library:
Please visit the AWS Western Carolina Section website to view the listing of current Section Officers and Section Library information.
District 8 Student Chapters
SECTION 031Chattanooga Section
Sequoyah High School
Advisor: Candace Clark Smith
Sequoyah High School
9517 Ridge Trail Rd.
Soddy Daisy, TN 37379
P: 423-595-5796
SECTION 045Nashville Section
Tennessee College Of Applied Tech-Crossville
Student Chapter
Advisor: Rick Parmer
910 Miller Avenue
Crossville, TN 38555
P: 931-484-7502
Tennessee Technology Center at Red Boiling Springs
Student Chapter
Advisor: David Porter
2390 Carthage Road
Red Boiling Springs, TN 37150
P: 615-699-2224
SECTION 077Holston Valley Section
Holston Valley Student Chapter
Advisor: Jon Cookson
Northeast State Community College
2425 Hwy 75 PO Box 246
Blountville, TN 37617
P: 413-323-0209
SECTION 095Greater Huntsville Section
Haleyville City School
Advisor: Dwayne Melton
2007 20th
Haleyville,AL 35565
P: (205) 486-7907