DECATUR – Lynne Smith of Quitman has joined the English faculty at East Central Community College.

Prior to joining the ECCC staff, Smith served as an English instructor at Quitman High School since 1990. She has also held adjunct positions at Jones County Junior College, Meridian Community College and ECCC.

A graduate of Quitman High School, Smith received bachelor and master’s degrees in English from the University of Southern Mississippi and earned an educational specialist degree in English from Mississippi State University-Meridian Campus.

She is married to Gregory Smith and they have four children, Mark, 21; Matthew, 19; Eden, 5; and Jesse Quinton, 2.