Our Staff
Our Staff
AJ Daoud
President
AJ started his career in law enforcement and working part-time at a funeral home. As a police officer AJ served as State President and National Vice President of non-profit police youth organization (PAL).
In 1986 he entered funeral service full time and became nationally known in the industry for writing articles and speaking to several organizations about his progressive ideas about funeral service. Having served various leadership roles in Pilot Mountain/Surry County including past chairman of United Way, past vice chairman for Habit for Humanity, past president of the Pilot Mountain Merchants Association. AJ currently serves as vice chairman for the town planning and zoning board.
AJ is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida & Texas. His expertise in funeral service has led him to become appointed to serve on several national committees in funeral service organizations. In his career he has guided and served thousands of families during their time of need.
Telephone: 1-336-699-3131
Joe Clay
General Manager/Funeral Director
Joe has been with our company since August 2011 & has over 20 years of experience in the funeral industry. Joe is a licensed funeral director & specializes in pre-planning. He is also the manager of Huff Funeral Home.
In his free time, Joe loves spending time with his wife, Jessica & their four kids, Madison, Kyleigh, Kaydon & Weston. They spend much of their time together chasing ballfields & gyms as their kids are very active in sports. He is very grateful for the patience & understanding his wife has when it comes to his crazy work schedule.
Telephone: 1-336-699-3131
Carly Love Shumate
Funeral Service Licensee
Carly has been in the funeral industry, in some form or another since she was only 16. She graduated with an AAS in Mortuary Sciences from Tidewater Comm. College in 2012.
After almost a decade of working as a certified crematory operator, both for pets & people, she has now obtained her license as a NC & VA Funeral Director & Embalmer. She also has plans to obtain a Bachelors degree in Funeral Management.
Carly came to Huff Funeral Home in October of 2020 as an apprentice. Since then, she has helped manage our crematory location & now travels between our multiple sister funeral home locations to help serve families wherever they may be.
In her time away from work, she enjoys spending the day with her husband, John & son, Daniel & her favorite fur-child, Ava Lou.
Rebecca Hinshaw
Office Manager & Notary
Larry & Molly Carter
Funeral Assistants
Valente Ramirez (Riverhill Landscaping Inc.)
Groundkeeper
Valente has been our official groundskeeper for several years now. He is also readily available to facilitate communication with our hispanic clientele.
Brayden Craddock
Funeral Attendant - Certified Crematory Operator
Brayden worked for our company helping to run our crematory location at the beginning of 2022. He then took a short break to focus on education. We are so blessed to have him back with us as a funeral attendant.
He is now in school for mortuary sciences at Fayetteville Tech.
Dr.Tom Nuckols
Funeral Attendant
Tom came to Huff in the Summer of 2023. A native of West Virginia, Tom holds several advanced degrees and has a very extensive resume. He has served in many different leadership positions in academia both as a professor as well as an administrator. Tom holds a Master's degree in Counseling, Guidance, and Student Personnel and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration.
Tom lives in King with his wife Linda and has two children, and six grandchildren. When he isn't serving as treasurer at his church or helping out at the funeral home, Tom enjoys golf, reading, and assisting parents with college decisions.
