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What happened to Southern States Bank?
Southern States Bank in Anniston, AL merged into FirstBank of Nashville, TN on Jul 1, 2025. FirstBank is open today.
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.
- 2007Southern States Bank opens in Anniston, AL
- Jul 1, 2025MERGEDSouthern States Bank merged into FirstBank of Nashville, TN.FDIC certificate 58558 ends; its business continues under certificate 8663.
- TodayOPEN
FirstBankMain office Nashville, TN · FDIC certificate 8663 · 98 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every FirstBank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.firstbankonline.com
If you still have something from Southern States Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Southern States Bank as lienholder, start with FirstBank. 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 FirstBank to search for the account under the name Southern States Bank. 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 FirstBank which branch now holds boxes from the Southern States Bank 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
22 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 16 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 905 Maple StCarrollton, GA | OpenFirstBank |
| 20 Oak Hill BlvdNewnan, GA | OpenFirstBank |
| 815 Opelika RdAuburn, AL | OpenFirstBank |
| 5604 Whittlesey BlvdColumbus, GA | OpenFirstBank |
| 215 E Main StCartersville, GA | OpenFirstBank |
| 615 Quintard AveAnniston, AL | OpenFirstBank |
| 100 Office Park DrBirmingham, AL | OpenFirstBank |
| 117 N Main StWedowee, AL | OpenFirstBank |
| 45 E Paulding DrDallas, GA | OpenFirstBank |
| 2601 Frederick RdOpelika, AL | OpenFirstBank |
| 101 W Fort Williams StSylacauga, AL | OpenFirstBank |
| 1201 Nathan Dean ParkwayRockmart, GA | OpenFirstBank |
| 548 Main StRoanoke, AL | OpenFirstBank |
| 21044 Main StRanburne, AL | OpenFirst Bank of Alabama |
| 1326 13th StColumbus, GA | OpenFirstBank |
| 654 Ross StHeflin, AL | OpenFirst Bank of Alabama |
| 415 Church St Nw, Ste 100 Bldg HHuntsville, AL | No longer reported |
| 1421 Highway 34 EastNewnan, GA | No longer reported |
| 4800 Whitesburg Drive Se, Suite 43Huntsville, AL | No longer reported |
| 314 Newnan StreetCarrollton, GA | No longer reported |
| 6003 Veterans Parkway, Suite 200Columbus, GA | No longer reported |
| 2421 Frederick RdOpelika, AL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Southern States Bank
4 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 5 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Century Bank of GeorgiaCartersville, GA | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Small Town BankWedowee, AL | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Columbus Community BankColumbus, GA | Oct 23, 2015 |
| Alabama Trust Bank, National AssociationSylacauga, AL | May 18, 2012 |
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 58558 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.