Tallahassee, Florida-headquartered accounting firm Thomas Howell Ferguson CPAs has acquired Bainbridge, Georgia, firm Dowdy Whittaker CPAs.

Dowdy Whittaker has been providing tax and accounting services for more than 30 years in the Bainbridge community, where owners John Dowdy and Charles Whittaker are prominent business owners and community leaders. The firm primarily provides tax preparation, accounting and consulting services, and in joining THF will offer these services along with audit and assurance, merger and acquisition expertise, and disaster and emergency management services to the Bainbridge community and Southwest Georgia.

Owners Dowdy and Whittaker will stay involved with the firm and THF’s Dennis Gallant, from the Tallahassee office, will become Bainbridge market leader. All team members from Dowdy Whittaker will remain with THF to serve clients from the Bainbridge office location.