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Current Registrations
| Authority | Category | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | RA | APPROVED | 2025-09-05 |
Branch Locations
1150 North 11Th Street, Beaumont, TX 77702 • United States
Lago Vista, TX • United States
Lumberton, TX • United States
No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.
| Organization | City | State | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funchess,Mills,White & Co Dba Fmw, P.C..,Pc | Beaumont | TX | 10/1978 | Present |
| 1St Global Capital Corp. | Beaumont | TX | 05/1998 | 10/2019 |
| 1St Global Advisors, Inc | Beaumont | TX | 12/2002 | 10/2019 |
| Avantax Insurance Services, Inc. | Beaumont | TX | 11/2003 | 09/2025 |
| Avantax Investment Services, Inc. | Beaumont | TX | 10/2019 | 09/2025 |
| Avantax Advisory Services | Beaumont | TX | 10/2019 | 09/2025 |
| Fmw, P.C. | Beaumont | TX | 10/1978 | Present |
| Avantax Insurance Agency And/Or Avantax Insurance Services Sales | Beaumont | TX | 11/2023 | 09/2025 |
| Whiddon Harkey Wealth Management, Llc | Beaumont | TX | 08/2025 | Present |
| Cetera Wealth Services, Llc | Beaumont | TX | 09/2025 | Present |
| Cetera Investment Advisers Llc | Schaumburg | IL | 09/2025 | Present |
1) FIXED INSURANCE SALES POSITION: AGENTOF RECORD NATURE: FIXED INSURANCE INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 12/15/2013 DESCRIPTION: Insurance Sales/Service 2) FUNCHESS & WHITE BUILDING POSITION: OWNER NATURE: BUILDING PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/01/1980 ADDRESS: , Beaumont TX , United States DESCRIPTION: Building ownership 3) J.C.S. TRUST POSITION: CO TRUSTEE NATURE: TRUST INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/2001 ADDRESS: Beaumont TX , United States DESCRIPTION: Trustee duties 4) BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS (FORMERLY MEMORIAL BAP. HERMAN HOSPITAL) POSITION: BOARD OF DIRECTORS NATURE: NONPROFIT HOSPITAL INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 01/01/1994 ADDRESS: , Beaumont TX , United States DESCRIPTION: Attend Monthly meeting discuss actions and motions made by management 5) FMW WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC POSITION: member NATURE: Formed new entity on July 1, 2019 that will be used for financial services activities. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 60 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 60 START DATE: 09/16/2019 ADDRESS: 1150 north 11th street, BEAUMONT TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: Active member offering financial service products and solutions through the new Avantax entity. 6) FMW, P.C. POSITION: PRESIDENT NATURE: CPA firm I am a shareholder and President INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 100 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 80 START DATE: 10/01/1978 ADDRESS: 1150 North 11th St, Beaumont TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: Shareholder and employee, I receive a W-2 from this entity it is an S Corporation 7) FMW WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC POSITION: Advisor NATURE: I entered into an agreement with three other Avantax advisors, Shawn Harrison, Gerald Beaullieu and Thomas Legendre with CoSource to split commissions on a 401k I referred to them. I will get 40% of the commissions they will get 60% they set it up and all i do is participate in the commissions. We are all advisors with Avantax. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 10/16/2023 ADDRESS: 1150 N. 11th St, Beaumont TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: I was only the referring advisor, I have no responsibilities for this client. 8)Colonial Life; NIR; 9)Transamerica; NIR; 10)INSURANCE AGENT WITH VARIOUS INSURANCE AGENCIES; AGENT; INSURANCE; NIR; 11) WHIDDON HARKEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC POSITION: President/Owner NATURE: We would like to set up a DBA from current name of company, FMW Wealth Management, LLC to the new DBA name moving into the future. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 100 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 100 START DATE: 08/01/2025 ADDRESS: 1150 N. 11th St, Beaumont TX 77702, United States DESCRIPTION: Same as old name FMW Wealth Management, LLC, affiliated with Avantax
| Code | Exam | Date |
|---|---|---|
| S65 | Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination | 2000-10-10 |
| S63 | Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination | 1998-07-20 |
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