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 Carl
C. Jamison, one of the first Certified Public Accountants in the state
of Alabama,
founded
Jamison, Money, Farmer & Company, P.C. in 1920. He developed accounting
systems for many local institutions, including the City of Tuscaloosa,
Stillman College, The Tuscaloosa News, and Druid City Hospital. His
reputation as an expert in municipal, non-profit, and hospital accounting
systems soon led to work throughout Alabama. With a career spanning
economic prosperity to depression and back again, Carl Jamison was one
of the most highly respected and preferred accountants in the state
when he unexpectedly died of a heart attack at the age of 52.
At
that time, one of Carl's three sons redirected his own career and
decided to join the practice while attending  the
University of Alabama. William "Billy" Jamison had not yet
completed his accounting studies before turning to professors at the
University of Alabama to help locate an experienced practitioner to
assist him. The professors recommended James E. Money, a much sought-after
tax expert who had years of experience with the IRS before entering
public practice. In 1948, Money moved from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa,
merged his practice and the firm became Jamison and Money. An aggressive
leader in the accounting field, Money was twice appointed to the governing
council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
In the years that followed, Jamison, Money, Farmer & Company,
P.C. became known for its ability to attract exceptional talent into
the firm, such as former shareholders Hugh Farmer, Frank Shumate,
Charles Horton, Dick Miles, Harold Phillips and Buddy Burton. When
Carl Jamison's grandson, Carl T. Jamison, became one of ten partners
in 1987, JMF was one of the first public accounting firms in Alabama
with three generations of family ownership.
JMF
continues to experience steady growth by adding services and specialties
to meet the changing needs of clients in an increasingly complex business
environment. Today, the firm - with over 80 professionals and support
staff - is the largest in West Alabama. As a full-service local accounting
firm with national and international affiliations, JMF combines the
resources and expertise of a national firm, with the attention to
detail, staff continuity and personal involvement of a local firm.
JMF fully participates in voluntary peer reviews as a member of the
Private Companies Practice Sections of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants Division for Firms. Today's shareholders and staff
continue JMF's longstanding tradition of leadership in professional
and civic arenas at local, state and national levels. Standing on
the solid history of the past, unique capabilities of the present
and a vision for the future, JMF is a resource you can count on.
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