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IN THE HARD TRUTH ON TARIFF REFUNDS IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY, A WOMAN WHO WENT MISSING ON VALENTINE’S DAY IS BACK WITH HER FAMILY JUST IN TIME FOR HER BIRTHDAY. SHE HAS DEMENTIA AND WAS FOUND AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF SEARCHING. THE ROAD TO FIND HER WAS FAR FROM EASY. OUR MIYA PAYTON SPOKE WITH HER FAMILY AS THEY SEARCHED FOR DAYS TO BRING THIS MOTHER HOME. IT’S THE ANSWERED PRAYER TO SEE THIS TRUCK PARKED HERE TODAY. THAT’S WHAT I’M TOLD BY FAMILY MEMBERS, BECAUSE FOR DAYS, THIS TRUCK AND THE WOMAN INSIDE OF IT MADE ITS WAY ACROSS COUNTY LINES. ARE WE GOING TO FIND IN TIME THAT SHE. THAT SHE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, STILL ALIVE AND BE TISDALE’S HUSBAND SAYS SHE LEFT HOME ON VALENTINE’S DAY TO GO AND GET SOME FOOD AND NEVER RETURNED. I WAS CONCERNED THAT SHE WAS MISSING THE MEDICATION. KNOWING HIS WIFE HAS DEMENTIA. JAMES TISDALE, JUNIOR ASKED POLICE TO START A SEARCH ON SUNDAY. THEY TRACKED HER PICKUP TRUCK USING TRAFFIC CAMERAS. SHE HAD. BEEN TRACKED. LEAVING ABBEVILLE, GOING TO CANNON FALLS, COMING BACK FROM CALHOUN FALLS. GOING TO GREENWOOD. COMING BACK FROM GREENWOOD. GOING BACK TO CLEMSON FALLS. INVESTIGATORS TOLD THE FAMILY THE LAST TRACK. THE CAMERA SPOTTED HER IN LIVONIA, GEORGIA, ON MONDAY. THEIR SON FLEW INTO TOWN. I WAS PREPARING MYSELF FOR, YOU KNOW, BOTH OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE ALIVE. YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING. HE SHARED POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, NAVIGATED SEARCH TEAMS. WE WERE GETTING NERVOUS. BOTH TISDALE’S ARE PILLARS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR CAREERS AND EDUCATION. PAST STUDENTS, NEIGHBORS AND EVEN STRANGERS JOINED IN ON THE SEARCH. BUT ANOTHER DAY PASSED WITH NO NEW LEADS. DISAPPOINTED AND IN DESPERATE WEATHER. NOT SLEEPING WELL? NO, JUST MAINLY PRAYING. PRAYING THAT SOMEWAY, SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW SHE WOULD BE FOUND. THEN ON WEDNESDAY, HER TRUCK WAS SPOTTED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TOCCOA. SHE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT SHE WAS LOST. YOU KNOW, SHE JUST THOUGHT THAT SHE RAN OUT OF GAS. AND SHE WAS. AND SHE WAS LIKE, I’VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW? I JUST WANT TO GO HOME. A LOVE THAT DISAPPEARED ON VALENTINE’S DAY. IT FEELS LIKE THE DAY WE GOT MARRIED. HAS FOUND ITS WAY BACK HOME. JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY. WE’VE BEEN MARRIED 55 YEARS, AND, YOU KNOW, I. WE’VE BEEN ON THIS ROAD A LONG TIME TOGETHER, AND I WANT, I WANT, I WANT I WOULD LIKE FOR FOR US TO BE ON THIS ROAD AS LONG A
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Woman who went missing on Valentine’s Day has been reunited with her husband
A South Carolina woman who went missing on Valentine’s Day is now back with her family just in time for her birthday. Annie B. Tisdale has dementia and was found after several days of searching. Annie’s husband, James Tisdale Jr., said she left home on Valentine’s Day to pick up food but never returned. He recalled his thought process when she first went missing. “Are we going find her in time, that, you know, she would be still alive?” James said. “I was concerned that she was, she’s missing medication.”Considering his wife has dementia, James asked police to start a search right away. On Sunday, Feb. 15, they tracked her pickup truck using traffic cameras. Investigators told the family the last traffic camera spotted Annie in Lavonia, Georgia. On Monday, their son, Jarrett Tisdale, flew into town.”I was preparing myself for, you know, both outcomes, dead or alive,” Jarrett said. Jarrett shared the posts on social media about her disappearance and navigated search teams.”We were getting nervous,” Jarrett said. Annie and James are pillars in the community through their careers in education. Their son says it was no surprise when past students, neighbors, and even strangers joined the search. Yet another day passed with no new leads. “You’re disappointed and desperate,” Jarrett said. “Was I sleeping? Well, no. I was just mainly praying,” James said. “Praying that someway, somehow, she would be found.”Then, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Annie’s truck was spotted on the side of the road in Toccoa, Georgia, about 75 miles away.”She didn’t even know she was lost,” Jarrett said. “She just thought she ran out of gas. She was like, ‘I’ve been here a long time, I just want to go home,'” A love that disappeared on Valentine’s Day found its way back home, just two days before her birthday. “It feels like the day we got married,” James said. “We’ve been married 55 years, and we’ve been on this road a long time together, and I want more. I would like for us to be on this road as long as we can.”
A South Carolina woman who went missing on Valentine’s Day is now back with her family just in time for her birthday. Annie B. Tisdale has dementia and was found after several days of searching.
Annie’s husband, James Tisdale Jr., said she left home on Valentine’s Day to pick up food but never returned. He recalled his thought process when she first went missing.
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“Are we going find her in time, that, you know, she would be still alive?” James said. “I was concerned that she was, she’s missing medication.”
Considering his wife has dementia, James asked police to start a search right away. On Sunday, Feb. 15, they tracked her pickup truck using traffic cameras.
Investigators told the family the last traffic camera spotted Annie in Lavonia, Georgia. On Monday, their son, Jarrett Tisdale, flew into town.
“I was preparing myself for, you know, both outcomes, dead or alive,” Jarrett said.
Jarrett shared the posts on social media about her disappearance and navigated search teams.
“We were getting nervous,” Jarrett said.
Annie and James are pillars in the community through their careers in education. Their son says it was no surprise when past students, neighbors, and even strangers joined the search. Yet another day passed with no new leads.
“You’re disappointed and desperate,” Jarrett said.
“Was I sleeping? Well, no. I was just mainly praying,” James said. “Praying that someway, somehow, she would be found.”
Then, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Annie’s truck was spotted on the side of the road in Toccoa, Georgia, about 75 miles away.
“She didn’t even know she was lost,” Jarrett said. “She just thought she ran out of gas. She was like, ‘I’ve been here a long time, I just want to go home,'”
A love that disappeared on Valentine’s Day found its way back home, just two days before her birthday.
“It feels like the day we got married,” James said. “We’ve been married 55 years, and we’ve been on this road a long time together, and I want more. I would like for us to be on this road as long as we can.”
