Featured Top Story Missing since 1955: Family searching for answers in Old Fort man’s disappearance BY VIRGINIA RHODES Feb 20, 2019 Feb 20, 2019 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BY VIRGINIA RHODES A Florida woman is reaching out to the Old Fort community to see if they know what happened to her family member over 60 years ago.kAm}2?4J $E2CC[ @7 u@CE |J6CD[ u=@C:52 D6?E 2 7=:6C E@ E96 |4s@H6== r@F?EJ $96C:77’D ~77:46 2?5 ~=5 u@CE !@=:46 s6A2CE>6?E 2D<:?8 E96> E@ @A6? FA 2 42D6 7:=6 @? 96C 7:CDE 4@FD:?[ y2>6D #F7FD (:==:2>D[ H9@ 5:D2AA62C65 H:E9@FE 2 EC246 D@>6E:>6 :? pAC:= `hdd]k^AmkAm“u2>:=J >6>36CD H9@ H6C6 2C@F?5 :? `hdd DE2E65 E92E 96 H2D C6A@CE65 >:DD:?8[ 2?5 E96 2FE9@C:E:6D >256 677@CED E@ 7:?5 9:>[ :?4=F5:?8 5C288:?8 2C62D @7 E96 r2E2H32 #:G6C[ 3FE 96 H2D ?6G6C =@42E65[” E96 7=:6C D2JD]k^Am kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ $E2CC[ (:==:2>D H@C<65 2E E96 ~=5 u@CE u:?:D9:?8 A=2?E[ 2?5 @? 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