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What happened to Sun Security Bank of America?
Sun Security Bank of America in Ellington, MO (earlier called Farmer's Bank of Stover) merged into Effingham State Bank of Effingham, IL on Jan 1, 2004. That bank is now called Midland States Bank (Effingham, IL).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1905Farmer's Bank of Stover opens in Ellington, MO
- Dec 30, 1999renamed Sun Security Bank of America
- Jan 1, 2004MERGEDSun Security Bank of America merged into Effingham State Bank of Effingham, IL.FDIC certificate 10600 ends; its business continues under certificate 1040.
- TodayOPEN
Midland States BankMain office Effingham, IL · FDIC certificate 1040 · 58 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Midland States Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.midlandsb.com
If you still have something from Sun Security Bank of America
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Sun Security Bank of America as lienholder, start with Midland States Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Midland States Bank to search for the account under the name Sun Security Bank of America. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Midland States Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Sun Security Bank of America office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
18 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 100 E 19th StMountain Grove, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 407 S MccunePilot Knob, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 705 N. Business Hwy 60Mansfield, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 100 Pine Castle Estate BlvdFredericktown, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 200 E 2nd StAnnapolis, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 4700 Mid Rivers Mall Drive BranchSaint Peters, MO | OpenGreat Southern Bank |
| 135 City PlazaHolts Summit, MO | No longer reported |
| 117 North Whitener StreetMarquand, MO | No longer reported |
| 122 North Main StreetArcadia, MO | No longer reported |
| 33104 Highway 21Lesterville, MO | No longer reported |
| 2308 Green StreetCenterville, MO | No longer reported |
| Highway 21 and Highway 106Ellington, MO | No longer reported |
| 920 South AuroraEldon, MO | No longer reported |
| 121 Front StreetRisco, MO | No longer reported |
| Main and East StreetsParma, MO | No longer reported |
| 124 W Main StreetMiller, MO | No longer reported |
| Second And Main StreetsStover, MO | No longer reported |
| 315 Highway 5 At ZulautGravois Mills, MO | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Sun Security Bank of America
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 7 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Sun Security Bank of AmericaEllington, MO | Dec 30, 1999 |
| Summit BankHolts Summit, MO | Jan 21, 1997 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 10600 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.