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Sunday, May 29, 201 I


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Accounting firm


to celebrate


60th anniversary


By LEANNE TYO
Ityo@lakecityreporter.com
Lake City's larg-
 est accounting
 business, a
 long-standing
 firm which has
 been deeply rooted in the
 community, will soon be
 celebrating a milestone
 reached by providing a
 range of financial services
 to its clients and surpass-
 ing their expectations.
 Wednesday marks
 the 60th anniversary of
 Odom, Moses & Company
 LLP, Certified Public
 Accountants.
 "It's a feeling of pride
 that we've made a differ-
 ence in this community
 for over 60 years," said
 Tammy Hall, one of the
 firm's four partners.
 To commemorate its
 60th anniversary, the firm
 planted a tree on Arbor
 Day in January, has gifts
 for its clients, will host
 a Lake City/Columbia
 County Chamber of
 Commerce mixer in
 August and will hold a
 company-wide volunteer
 workday for Habitat for
 Humanity.
 The firm was estab-
 lished June 1, 1951 as
 DarbyrDarby & Odoim
by DrakonB. "Haves"


Odom of Lake City, C.
Dwight Darby of Lake City
and Richard E. Darby of
Tampa. It had offices in
Lake City 4nd Tampa.
 In 1980, the Lake City
 firm was reorganized to
 become Odom, Moses
 & Company, and Philip
 Moses Jr., who now serves
 as the firm's managing
 partner, made partner in
 1981. Three other part-
 ners, all CPAs, currently
 serve alongside Moses
 Hall, Cammy Scott and
 Patricia Stuart.
 The Lake City office
 made its home in three
 different Lake City loca-
 tions, first in the People's
 Hardware building on
 Marion Avenue, then at
 1420 S. First Street in
 1961, and its present loca-
 tion at 4424 NW American
 Lane, where it moved in
 2006.
 Before Odom died
 in 2007, he contrib-
 uted much to the firm.
 His accomplishments
 included being the first
 CPA between Jacksonville
 and Tallahassee, serv- .
 ing as chairman of the
 Florida State Board
 of Accountancy in the
 late 1960s, serving as
 president of the Florida
Institute of Certified
Public Accountants from


1970 to 1971, and being
recognized as an hon-
orary member for 50
years of membership in
the American Institute
of Certified Public
Accountants in 2001.
 Services the firm
provided early in its his-
tory included audits of
the University of Florida
and the Florida Milk
Commission, and it was
the independent auditor of
both Columbia County and
the City of Lake City.
 Now, with a staff of 17
members, the firm annual-
ly generates approximately'
$2.4 million in revenue and
serves about 1,400 clients
in the Southeastern United
States, about 1,000 of
which are in North Florida
and about five of which-
have been with the firm for
60 years. Odom, Moses &
Company provides tax and
accounting services and a
range of expanded finan-
cial services, like advice
on estate planning, income
tax, business acquisition
sale, investment, retire-
ment and tax-planning.
 The firm is affiliated
with First Federal Bank of
Florida through its finan-
cial services, Moses said,
a partnership the firm is
proud of.
 Moses noted that in the


 COURTESY PHOTO
The four partners of Qdom, Moses & Company LLP Cammy Scott (left), Tammy Hall
(front), Patricia Stuart (back) and Philip,Moses Jr., managing partner pose for a photograph
in their office's board room. The firm, which was established June 1,1951 and has been
serving the Lake City community and other clients since its inception, will celebrate its 60th
anniversary Wednesday.


state of Florida, Odom was
the 443rd CPA certified in
1948, he himself was certi-
fied as number 4,819 in
1975, and the firm's most
recent addition, Charlie
Cowen, was certified as
number 43,170 in January.


 "That gives you a little
perspective on our his-
tory," Moses said, "just the
length of service that our
firm has provided account-
ing services to our clients
and this community."
 Stuart said the firm is


"forward-looking" and pro,
active with technology to
better serve its clients, and
Scott agreed.
 "We're very proud of
our history," Scott said,


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