District 8

Website : http://awssection.com/chattanooga/

Contact : chattanooga@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

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.

CHAIR
Thomas Atkinson
423-779-8993

1st VICE CHAIR
Alex Hockman, Lincoln Electric
678-347-5255

SECRETARY
Dusti Jones

TREASURER
Bill Brooks
423-596-0541

SECTION LIBRARY
AWS Chattanooga Section Library
4101 Jerome Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37407
Librarian: Delbert Butler
P: 423-242-5252

Website : https://awssection.com/nashville/

Contact : nashville@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

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.

CHAIR
Curtis Duncan, CWI; Welding Engineer, Consolidated Nuclear Security

1ST VICE CHAIR
Eric Peterson; Welding Engineer, AO Smith

2ND VICE CHAIR
Heath Jackson

SECRETARY
Kyle Robertson, Holston Gases Branch Manager Clarksville, TN

TREASURER
Bob O'Neal, AWS-CWI, ASNT NDT Level III; World Testing, Inc.

CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Bob O'Neal, AWS-CWI, ASNT NDT Level III; World Testing, Inc.

SECTION LIBRARY
AWS Nashville Section Library
World Testing
70 E. Hill Street
Mount Juliet, TN 37122
Section Librarian: Bob O'Neal
P: 615-754-4147

Website : http://awssection.com/northeasttennessee/

Contact : netenn@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

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. 

CHAIR
Jonaaron Jones, Volunteer Aerospace
865-405-0411

1ST VICE CHAIR
Adam Streich, Pellissippi State Community College

2ND VICE CHAIR
Mario Caja, Caja Enterprises, LLC.

SECRETARY
Candice Greene, Pellissippi State

TREASURER
Devon Burkle

CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Paul Pipkin

SECTION LIBRARY
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Librarian: Roger Miller
P: 865-241-7338

Website : http://awssection.com/holstonvalley/

Contact : holstonvalley@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

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.

CHAIR
Gerald R. Austin
423-914-1481

1ST VICE CHAIR
Adam Vest

2ND VICE CHAIR
Dale Hicks

SECRETARY
David L. Nelson

TREASURER
Jeffery L. Cheek

SECTION LIBRARY
Holston Valley Section Library
Airgas Kingsport
445 W. Industry Drive
Kingsport, TN 37660
P: 423-897-3748

Website : http://awssection.com/greaterhuntsville/

Contact : greaterthuntsville@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

In  Alabama to include all the counties north of and including Marion, Winston, Cullman, Blount, Etowah and Cherokee.

CHAIR
Jim Thompson, CWI; CWE
256-347-6481

1ST VICE CHAIR
Zebulon "Zeb" Fergerson
256-466-9323

2ND VICE CHAIR
Richard Mitchell

SECRETARY & TREASURER
Joseph "Joe" Smith
256-586-6293

CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Randy Hammond

SECTION LIBRARY
2218 Co Rd 198
Danville, AL 35619
Librarian: Zeb Fergerson

Website : http://awssection.com/west-tennessee/

Contact : wtennessee@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

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.

CHAIR
Davie Dean, Tennessee College of Applied Technology

SECRETARY
Phillip Cranford

TREASURER
Davie Dean, Tennessee College of Applied Technology

Website : http://awssection.com/nemississippi/

Contact : nemississippi@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

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.

CHAIR
Jonathan Morrison, CWI, CWE

1ST VICE CHAIR
James R. Woolington, CWI

2ND VICE CHAIR
Justin Mixon, Slay Steel Inc.

SECRETARY
George Smith

TREASURER
Gary L. Gammill,CWI, CWE

SECTION LIBRARY
Section 147 Library
East Mississippi Community College
8731 S. Frontage Road
Mayhew, MS 39753
Librarian: Gary Gammill

Website : http://awssection.com/wcarolina/

Contact : wcarolina@awssections.org

Section Boundaries:

In North Carolina to include all the counties west of and including Ashe, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and Cleveland. 

In Georgia to include Towns and Union Counties. 

In South Carolina to include Greenville, \Spartanburg, and Cherokee Counties.

CHAIR
Jamie Whims, General Electric