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What happened to Great Southern Federal Savings Bank?
Great Southern Federal Savings Bank in Savannah, GA was merged into Great Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association of Savannah, GA with federal assistance on Jun 22, 1989. After 4 more changes of hands, what was Great Southern Federal Savings Bank is today part of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Sioux Falls, SD).
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.
- 1935Great Southern Federal Savings Bank opens in Savannah, GA
- Jun 22, 1989ASSISTED MERGERGreat Southern Federal Savings Bank was merged into Great Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association of Savannah, GA with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 29507 ends; its business continues under certificate 32665.
- Jun 22, 1990RESOLVEDGreat Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association of Savannah, GA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The First National Bank of Atlanta of Augusta, GA.FDIC certificate 32665 ends; its business continues under certificate 2115.
- Jun 1, 1997MERGEDThe First National Bank of Atlanta (by then renamed Wachovia Bank of Georgia, National Association) of Augusta, GA merged into Wachovia Bank, National Association of Winston-Salem, NC.FDIC certificate 2115 ends; its business continues under certificate 817.
- Apr 1, 2002MERGEDWachovia Bank, National Association of Winston-Salem, NC merged into Wachovia Bank, National Association of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 817 ends; its business continues under certificate 33869.
- Mar 20, 2010MERGEDWachovia Bank, National Association of Charlotte, NC merged into Wells Fargo Bank, National Association of Sioux Falls, SD.FDIC certificate 33869 ends; its business continues under certificate 3511.
- TodayOPEN
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationMain office Sioux Falls, SD · FDIC certificate 3511 · 4,157 offices in 40 states on June 30, 2026Every Wells Fargo Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wellsfargo.com
If you still have something from Great Southern Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
Great Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association was closed in a federal resolution on Jun 22, 1990. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, The First National Bank of Atlanta). Start with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Great Southern Federal Savings Bank.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. A box abandoned for years may have been 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.
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 ▾
Banks folded into Great Southern Federal Savings Bank
4 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Tifton Federal Savings and Loan AssociationTifton, GA | May 31, 1982 |
| Family Federal Savings and Loan AssociationMacon, GA | Apr 30, 1982 |
| First Federal Savings and Loan AssociationGainesville, GA | Mar 31, 1982 |
| Calhoun Federal Savings and Loan AssociationCalhoun, GA | Jan 31, 1982 |
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 29507 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.