NATCHEZ — James W. Flournoy of Natchez has been hired as welding instructor at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Natchez.

Flournoy has an extensive background in welding, working for a number of local businesses and industries, including the former Fidelity Tire Corp., Crofford Welding and Fabricating, and Wilkinson Welding and Fabricating.

Since 2006 Flournoy had been a welding instructor in the evening industrial training classes at Co-Lin Natchez.

He is a graduate of Cathedral High School and Co-Lin Natchez. He served six years in the Army National Guard.

Flournoy is married to Mary Alice Flournoy and they have two daughters, Elizabeth Lynn Boyte and Rebecca Reynolds.

He is president of the Parish Council at Assumption Church and is a member of St. Mary Basilica, both in Natchez.