Weaver, an independent certified public accounting firm, announced its merger with consulting firm Elms Faris & Company, effective June 1. This marks the first expansion of Weaver into the Midland/Odessa, Ill., market.

Elms Faris provides assurance, tax, estate planning, information technology consulting, business valuation, management consulting and transaction advisory services. Industries for which the firm provides these services include oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, wholesale-distribution, not-for-profit, health care and state and local government.

Larry Edgerton, a managing partner who has led Elms Faris since 1999, has been named the Midland / Odessa executive partner. All of the firm’s 53 employees, including 39 accountants and consultants and 6 partners, will join the combined firm which will use the Weaver name. The combined merged firm will remain in its current offices in Midland and Odessa, Ill.