Jacqui Ary

Your Role: Memorial Consultant

What Do You Add to the Dodds Team: I have a strong sense of empathy and understanding that I naturally bring with helping our customers during these difficult times. Also, I carry a positive attitude, where I hope to bring some laughter and joy during our time together.  

Who Are You: I am a caring, kind-hearted consultant who not only wants to help you through the memorial process for your loved one, but I also want to offer my listening and love as well.  

Why Do You Love What You Do: I find fulfillment when a customer feels “at ease” with me enough to share stories and insight so we can help create a lasting vision of love together for their loved one. Helping to create a memorial that reflects and shows who they were and how much they are loved, ultimately brings me joy, through the sadness.   

Fun Fact About You: I was literally the kid in the bubble!  I was allergic to everything and had such bad asthma, I had to do 4 breathing treatments a day!  I was able to go down to 2 a day until I was in high school and luckily, I have outgrown it.

Shelley Morton

Role: Sales Consultant for Dodds Memorials – 10 years

Who you are:  I’ve been married to by best friend, Ron, for 25 years. We live in Lebanon and have raised a beautiful, blended family of 5 precious children.  They’re all grown now but are by far, my biggest accomplishment! Family is the center of what I do and how I do it. I promise to give your family the same efforts and provide the best experience possible. 

Why do I love what I do?  I love doing what I do!  I’ve had loss in my life, and I remember how I felt during those times. I understand it takes empathy and patience to work through some of the most difficult times a family can experience. I try to offer the best environment, so everyone feels comfortable discussing their needs.  

Fun Fact about me?  I love to travel. I lived in Germany for 4 years.  I’ve been exposed to different types of people, religion, and traditions. 

Courtney Parks

Courtney is a dedicated sales manager at Dodds Memorials, where he excels in helping families honor their loved ones with care and compassion since 2011. A devoted husband and proud father of three, he balances his professional life with his role as a worship pastor, serving faithfully for over a decade. Beyond his career and ministry, Courtney finds joy in quality time with family, woodworking, fishing, and cheering on his favorite baseball and football teams. Known for his creativity, leadership, and heartfelt approach to life, he is deeply committed to his family, faith, and community.

Wendy Strunk

Role: Memorial Consultant Admin Aside from admin related duties, I work alongside Jacqui at the Xenia location to help families create or pre-plan their lasting vision of love. 

I am a long-time Xenia resident, having moved here in 2001 after graduating from Clark State community college and getting married in the same year. 

Helping people during the designing process is often the most rewarding. I am honored to hear the stories behind why a particular element is important in remembering a loved one.

Fun fact: I love animals, but yellow labs hold a particularly special place in my heart.

Matt Faul

Role: Memorial Consultant – I guide families in creating their lasting visions of love.

I live in Waynesville with my wife Maddie. I am a Christian, an outdoorsman, and a musician.

I love helping families process grief and preserve their family’s legacy through the art of memorialization.

Fun fact: I met my wife working at Dodds.

Taylor Thoma

Your Role: Memorial Consultant/ Conceptual Designer. I help customers by providing a visual representation while the families craft their lasting vision of love 

Who Are You: I am a tender hearted, family-oriented designer who doesn’t know a stranger and loves to help loved one’s find peace through conversation and craftmanship.

Why Do You Love What You Do: I feel a sense of satisfaction when a customer shares their loved one’s story and through that we create a lasting vision of love that reflects the individual’s personality. Also, creating something that will be around for centuries to come is pretty cool, too. 

Fun Fact: I was fortunate enough to play softball in college on scholarship.

Joshua Howell

Your Role: Memorial Consultant – I would like to say that I add a caring and compassionate ear for our customers to help them envision the creation of their lasting vision of love.

Who Are You: Option 1…Husband, Father, Friend.  I enjoy golfing, fishing, hunting, and working on projects.  I like being outside and helping people with issues that are hard to overcome by themselves.

Why Do You Love What You Do: I have lost several loved ones in my life.  I have been given an opportunity to walk with our customers on a path I once walked alone, providing life experience and knowledge to create a memorial that will last a lifetime and brighten their lives every time they see it.  

Fun Fact: At one point in time I had a dog that weighed 205 lbs.

Gabriel Morrison

What I add to the Dodds team is a way for families to create their lasting visions of love and to be able to connect with them on a more personal level to make the process a little easier during their time of grief. 

My name is Gabriel, I come from a large family of 11. I am the 2^nd oldest of 9 children, having 6 sisters, and 2 brothers.

One of my hobbies is to play the piano, which I have been playing for 11 years. I love being able to connect with the families that come in and getting to hear pieces of history and memories of their loved ones. 

I am a 3^rd generation of Morrison’s that has worked for Dodds Memorials. Before my current position I used to install the memorials in the cemeteries.