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Willie Huffman was born the youngest of six children to Ruben and Lennie Huffman in Henry. His first year of education was in the all-black school of Central High School in Paris. In second grade, schools in the South had desegregated and he attended Henry School in downtown Henry and in 1977, graduated from Henry County High School in Paris, where he graduated in a class of over 300 students.
He then attended Bethel College in McKenzie, a school with an enrollment of about 500 students in the four-year school where he graduated in 1981. He advanced his education at Austin Peay State University, where he earned his master’s degree in 2012.
Huffman started his career as a student recruiter at Bethel and advanced to assistant director of admissions. He started at the State Area Vocational Technical School, where he worked as student counselor and in financial aid. He transferred to the sister school in Paris, where he advanced to vice-president of the school under the direction of Dr. Brad White.
In March of 2021, Huffman was appointed to be the president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Paris and McKenzie.