GA GA - Saunders Rymer, 54, Catersville, 20 June 1977

[Gardener1850]

Saunders Cloie Rymer
Nickname/Alias: Sandra, Sanders. May use las names Miller or Nida.
Bartow County, Georgia
54 year old white female

Height: 64 in
Weight: 200 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown

Circumstances: Reported as a missing person on 09-13-1977 by her daughter. She was last seen about 06-20-1977, by her spouse, John D. "J.D." Rymer, while in the area of Catersville, Georgia. After an alleged verbal altercation with her spouse, she was reported to have left her husband to return to Brooksville, Florida. Saunders Rymer has not been heard from since.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/560/

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Rule Outs as of 07/27/18

UP374
06/03/1978
Collier FL

UP6796
11/18/1985
Alleghany VA

 

[Gardener1850]

New NAMUS link without the redirect: Missing Person Case

It's too bad this is the only photo. It's not very clear.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

New NAMUS link without the redirect: Missing Person Case

It's too bad this is the only photo. It's not very clear.

Working on finding a better photo...

BTW Glad to see you back have been worried about you

 

[Coffee56]

Saunders Cloie Rymer – The Charley Project

The Doe Network: Case File 1067DFFL

 

[CastlesBurning]

Still missing, now over 43 years...

Hernando County Sheriff's Office

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

It appears that Brooksville, FL/Hernando County, where her husband claimed she was going and where she apparently resided, has claimed jurisdiction in this case. Of note, all the info online repeatedly refers to "Catersville," GA, but as far as I can tell, there is no such animal. I believe they're referring to Cartersville, which is about an hour north of Atlanta and would be consistent with other references to Bartow County. I've found no explanation as to why either of them would be in Cartersville. At the time, the population was only around 10,000, and it's not exactly a tourist destination.

Searching Hernando County court records, I only found that the court was successfully petitioned to declare her legally dead in 1984. The only result on newspapers was a publication of this record.

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

Checking her out on Ancestry, with some confusing results.

• She has a death date of 06/15/1977 for Social Security. I assume she must have been declared legally dead at some point, but it's interesting that this was the date picked, when her husband seems to have reported her to have been alive until at least 6/20/77. Birthdate is May 28, 1923. Last residence in Brooksville, Hernando County, FL.
• West Virginia birth records record her as Cholie Saunders Nida, born May 28, 1923 in Secoma, Fayette County, WV.
• She is oddly missing in the 1930 census, although the rest of her family (parents, siblings) is easily found.
• In 1937, she married a Fox in Fayette County, WV. Her name is listed as Saunders C. Nida. She would have been just 14 years old, at most.
• In the 1940 census, they're still married, living in Mountain Cove, Fayette County, WV. They have a 5 month old son. She is 16. Her husband is 22. Highest education is 7th grade. Occupation is at home.
• In October 1946, her husband files for divorce in Fayetteville, WV. She is listed as Saunders Niday Fox. Evidently they worked things out, because they're still married in 1950.
• In the 1950 census, she is listed as Saunders Fox, married with three children, living in Fayetteville, WV. Occupation is keeping house.
• In 1961, her son married, and the announcement in the paper stated that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fox, resided in Brooksville, FL.
• In October 1966, she married a Miller in Hernando, Florida. She is listed as Saunders Cholia Fox.
• In 1971, her son passes away in Grady County, GA. He is buried in Cairo, GA. This is the only link between her and Georgia that I'm aware of, and it is nowhere close to Cartersville.
• On May 6, 1976, she marries a Rymer in Pasco County, FL, under the name Saunders Louise Nida or Saunders Louise Miller, depending on where you look. Not sure where Louise came from, but everything else is unique and hangs together.

Saunders Niday Fox Divorce 1946

Clipping found in The Raleigh Register published in Beckley, West Virginia on 10/18/1946. Saunders Niday Fox Divorce 1946

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