What is Bara?
Bara is simply Arab spelled backwards. Arab, Alabama is a small town
in Marshall County, nineteen miles south of Huntsville, Alabama on U. S.
Highway 231. Al LaGrone launched an income tax return preparation
business in January 1957 and called it Bara Business Service.
More about our history and transition from Bara Business Service, to
Cook & LaGrone, to Cook & Co....
- 1957 - Bara Business Service founded by Al LaGrone
- 1962 - Bara Office Building constructed at 124 South Main
- 1970 - Addition made to building, doubling our size
- 1986 - Al hires Greg Cook, a college co-op student
- 1994 - Al semi-retires, selling the firm to Greg Cook
- 1995 - Name changed to Cook & LaGrone
- 1996 - Founder Al LaGrone dies at age 69
- 1998 - Name changed to Cook & Co.
- 1999 - Total renovation of business center completed
- 2007 - Company celebrates "50th Anniversary"
Today, Cook & Co. serves clientele in all fifty states and
approximately nineteen foreign countries. We have many long standing
relationships built on mutual respect and trust.
We offer services in four major categories:
- Accounting (Certified Public Accountants, Bookkeepers,
Payroll Clerks)
- Tax (Enrolled Agents and Accredited Tax Advisors)
- Financial (currently in transition)
- Technology (Microsoft Partners, QuickBooks ProAdvisors)
We are proud of our heritage and history. Let us share it with you!
How did Arab, Alabama get its name?
The town was to be named Arad in honor
of it's founding citizen Arad Thompson. In 1886 when the letters for the
Post Office arrived from Washington D.C., there was a "B" instead of
"D". The citizens put the letters on the Post Office building and
changed the name to Arab. |
