Update on Jim's Social Security Status

We thought Jim's social security check had been reinstated, or at least we were told that it was and that Feb and March checks were being deposited in our bank account last Thursday, Feb. 26.


Well, it didn't happen!! We checked our bank account online several times and when my check was deposited on Tuesday, March 3, we called the local social security office to see what happened.


You can't tall and talk to a person directly. You must leave a message and a day or two later they will call you back. Very frustrating! Tuesday Jim talked to the same person he has been talking to and she was so surprised that the checks had not been deposited and promised to check on it. She called back on Wed. and said the checks were returned by Wachovia bank! So Jim called a friend at Wachovia and he checked with the Direct Deposit people and they said they never received the checks.


So, where do you go from here? He called the lady back at the social security office and left a message yesterday that the checks were never sent to his account, and were not received by Wachovia.


Stay tuned for the next episode. In the meantime we had to take some cash from our savings account and put in our checking account so we could pay bills. Hopefully our main source of income will soon start back.

This all happened when someone made an error at the social security office in reporting our son's death and didn't notice that he and his dad have the same name, James Emory Gilmer, but one is Jr and one is Sr. They didn't use the right social security number. The canceled both checks instead of just one. Jim had to go to the SS office and declare that he was still living and they used photo ID's etc.


Hope you're never reported deceased until you really are!! It's almost as if you aren't around to correct the problem......