Back row (left to right): Anthony Dunn, Troy Harrision, Lewis Moore, Johnny Harrison, Marquis Dotson, III, Marquis Dotson, Sr.

Front row (left to right): Yashan Long, Paige Ratledge, Alice Gibbs, Helen Armstrong, Alma Dotson, Marquis Dotson, Jr.

Marquis Dotson, Sr.

Founder, Funeral Director/Embalmer

1948 Graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science

Graduated top of class from Cook High School, Athens, TN.

Served in U.S. Air Force during World War II stationed in Tuskegee

Restorative Art Specialist

32nd degree Mason Boaz Lodge of Athens, TN.

Past President of Tenn. State. Funeral Directors and Morticians Association

Licensed embalmer and funeral director since 1948

Marquis Dotson, Jr.

Funeral Director/Embalmer

1973 Graduate of Knoxville College with a Bachelor degree in Music Education

1976 Graduate of John A. Gupton College with a Associate degree in funeral service

Past President of East Tennessee Funeral Directors and Morticians Association

Co-owner of M.D. Dotson and Sons Funeral Home - Cleveland and Athens, TN

Restorative Art Specialist

Alma Dotson

Funeral Director/Pre-Need Consultant

1976 B.S. degree in Business Administration from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA

1986 Graduate, Master of Science in Psychology, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Licensed insurance agent

Co-owner of M.D. Dotson and Sons Funeral Home, Cleveland and Athens, TN.

Marquis Dotson, III

Funeral Director/Embalmer

1999 Graduate of Cleveland High School

2004 Graduate of Virginia State University with Bachelor of Music Degree

2005 Graduate of John A. Gupton College with a Associate degree in funeral service

Currently enrolled as a master student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Yashan Long

Apprentice-Funeral Director

2000 Graduate of McMinn County High School

Current Apprentice Funeral Director

Alice Gibbs

Paige Ratledge

Lady Attendant

Lady Attendant

Lady Attendant

Funeral Assistant