SMALL DOG,
Big Success
An attempt to make a better candle became Small Dog Candle Co., a rapidly growing mother-daughter enterprise Story by Stephanie Jaquins, Photos provided by Small Dog Candle Co.
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tragic family loss and the pandemic led Jamie Wheeler and her daughter, Avery, into a fast-growing candle business. On March 11, 2020, Jamie’s father, Jimmy Eick, died after suffering a stroke in January in Florida. At the time, Avery was finishing her master’s program at the University of Kentucky.
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Both Jamie and Avery came home to Marseilles to attend Eick’s services. “When my dad passed ... it was actually the week before everything shut down, so we as a family were not paying much attention to what was going COVID-related because our world was falling apart,” Jamie says. Upon coming home, they learned they couldn’t hold
