Member - MS CPA #2496

William B. (Billy Buck) Staggers earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at University of Mississippi in 1971. He joined Watkins, Ward and Stafford in 1973 and admitted to the partnership in 1984.

Billy Buck is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, as well as the MSCPA Taxation Committee and Mississippi Tax Institute Trustee.

With more than Forty-Five years experience, Billy Buck's practice is concentrated in individual, corporate, fiduciary and estate tax, estate planning, executor and estate administration, trusts and management advisory services.

His community involvement includes serving as treasurer of the C. P. Winters Foundation and member of Rotary, Ducks Unlimited and Bancorpsouth Advisory Board.

Billy Buck is an active member of First United Methodist Church where he has serves as chairman of the Finance Committee, and is a member of the Administrative Council and a CDC Board member.

He is married to Judy Staggers, and they have two sons, Robert and John Murphy.