Raymon R. Finch & Company founded the firm as a branch of its Columbia, South Carolina office in 1963. In 1964, Edwin L. Oxner joined that firm as the second member of its Florence professional staff and became a partner in 1968. During the years of 1968-1985 the firm merged and changed names several times. Its successive names were: Finch Kight & Jackson; Ernst & Ernst; Yochum Oxner & Co.; and Finch Hamilton Oxner & Co. On January 1, 1986, the firm became Burch Oxner Seale Co. Roy F. Burch, Jr., joined the Ernst & Ernst professional staff in 1973. Fred R. Seale became a member of the Yochum Oxner & Co. professional staff in 1978. Edwin L. Oxner, Roy F. Burch, Jr., and Fred R. Seale were the initial shareholders of Burch Oxner Seale Co., CPA's, PA, and have all since retired from the firm. Donald E. Oxner joined the Finch Hamilton Oxner & Co. professional staff in 1982. He became a shareholder in Burch Oxner Seale Co. on May 1, 1988, and retired on April 30, 2023. Tracy S. Huggins joined the Burch Oxner Seale Co. professional staff in 1992 and became a shareholder on May 1, 2000. Alison M. Benson joined the Burch Oxner Seale Co. professional staff in 2000 and became a shareholder on July 1, 2014. James M. Sheehy joined the Burch Oxner Seale Co. professional staff in 1998 and became a shareholder on July 1, 2017. Since its inception in 1963, Burch Oxner Seale Co. has grown from one CPA and one assistant to its present size of more than twenty employees. Our growth has been planned carefully and is expected to continue at a controlled rate.
