Union County's sole in-county FINRA and SEC-registered private wealth management and fiduciary retirement planning branch office—located half a block north of Main Street (State Road 100) and the Union County Courthouse in downtown Lake Butler at 70 NW 1st Avenue, Lake Butler, FL 32054 ((386) 496-4636, Fax (386) 277-5181). Founded and led by Financial Advisor and Branch Manager Kelly Dean Barber (FINRA / SEC Individual CRD #5006677, bringing 20+ years of continuous securities and retirement planning experience since 2005—including 17 years leading an Edward Jones branch before transitioning his independent practice to Raymond James—with zero [0] customer disputes, regulatory actions, or disclosures on FINRA BrokerCheck), alongside Financial Advisors William Guy 'Billy' Crossman (Individual CRD #7518813, 0 disclosures) and Alyssa Fortner (Individual CRD #7722657, 0 disclosures), The Barber Group delivers fee-based fiduciary investment management through SEC-registered Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. (Firm CRD #149018 / SEC File #801-69815) and brokerage services through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (Firm CRD #6694, Member FINRA/SIPC). Serving retired Florida Department of Corrections personnel from the Reception and Medical Center (RMC) in Lake Butler and Union Correctional Institution (UCI) in Raiford, Union County School District teachers, county employees, and multi-generational agricultural and timberland families across Lake Butler (32054), Raiford (32083), and Worthington Springs (32697), the Lake Butler branch specializes in Florida Retirement System (FRS) Special Risk and Regular Class Pension Option 1–4 survivor modeling, tax-free FRS DROP lump-sum and 457(b)/403(b) rollovers, SECURE 2.0 Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) and Roth IRA conversion sequencing, Medicare IRMAA bracket control, and estate/trust investment management.