The Pulaski (TN) Citizen, Jul 31, 1957
Mark Eslick, 79, the last member of a prominent Giles County family and a member
of the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance firm for the past 30 years, died at 5:00 a. m.
Tuesday at his home in Pulaski after a years illness.
Age 79 Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church
in Pulaski by the Rev. Wallace Carr, pastor, and burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery, with Bennett-May Funeral Directors in charge.
Mr. Eslick was a native of Giles County, a son of the late Merritt and Martha
Virginia Abernathy Eslick and a brother of the late Congressman Ed Eslick. He was
a graduate of Bethel College at Russellville, Ky., and a member of Phi Beta Gamma
fraternity. He received his license to practice law before the Tennessee Bar, but
shortly thereafter he was named deputy court clerk in Giles County and served in
that capacity during the administration of his uncle, the late Dan Eslick. Later,
he served as assistant cashier of the former Peoples Bank in Pulaski until 1930
when he joined G. B. Abernathy in forming the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance Company.
Mr. Eslick was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski.
Mr. Eslick is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hallie Grant Eslick; a son, Tol Grant
Eslick; two daughters, Miss Helen Eslick, Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Youree of Twin
Falls, Idaho, and 4 grandchildren.
Find A Grave contributor Ruth Hasten Walsh
Mark Eslick, 79, the last member of a prominent Giles County family and a member
of the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance firm for the past 30 years, died at 5:00 a. m.
Tuesday at his home in Pulaski after a years illness.
Age 79 Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church
in Pulaski by the Rev. Wallace Carr, pastor, and burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery, with Bennett-May Funeral Directors in charge.
Mr. Eslick was a native of Giles County, a son of the late Merritt and Martha
Virginia Abernathy Eslick and a brother of the late Congressman Ed Eslick. He was
a graduate of Bethel College at Russellville, Ky., and a member of Phi Beta Gamma
fraternity. He received his license to practice law before the Tennessee Bar, but
shortly thereafter he was named deputy court clerk in Giles County and served in
that capacity during the administration of his uncle, the late Dan Eslick. Later,
he served as assistant cashier of the former Peoples Bank in Pulaski until 1930
when he joined G. B. Abernathy in forming the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance Company.
Mr. Eslick was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski.
Mr. Eslick is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hallie Grant Eslick; a son, Tol Grant
Eslick; two daughters, Miss Helen Eslick, Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Youree of Twin
Falls, Idaho, and 4 grandchildren.
Find A Grave contributor Ruth Hasten Walsh
The Pulaski (TN) Citizen, Jul 31, 1957
Mark Eslick, 79, the last member of a prominent Giles County family and a member
of the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance firm for the past 30 years, died at 5:00 a. m.
Tuesday at his home in Pulaski after a years illness.
Age 79 Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church
in Pulaski by the Rev. Wallace Carr, pastor, and burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery, with Bennett-May Funeral Directors in charge.
Mr. Eslick was a native of Giles County, a son of the late Merritt and Martha
Virginia Abernathy Eslick and a brother of the late Congressman Ed Eslick. He was
a graduate of Bethel College at Russellville, Ky., and a member of Phi Beta Gamma
fraternity. He received his license to practice law before the Tennessee Bar, but
shortly thereafter he was named deputy court clerk in Giles County and served in
that capacity during the administration of his uncle, the late Dan Eslick. Later,
he served as assistant cashier of the former Peoples Bank in Pulaski until 1930
when he joined G. B. Abernathy in forming the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance Company.
Mr. Eslick was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski.
Mr. Eslick is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hallie Grant Eslick; a son, Tol Grant
Eslick; two daughters, Miss Helen Eslick, Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Youree of Twin
Falls, Idaho, and 4 grandchildren.
Find A Grave contributor Ruth Hasten Walsh
Mark Eslick, 79, the last member of a prominent Giles County family and a member
of the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance firm for the past 30 years, died at 5:00 a. m.
Tuesday at his home in Pulaski after a years illness.
Age 79 Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church
in Pulaski by the Rev. Wallace Carr, pastor, and burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery, with Bennett-May Funeral Directors in charge.
Mr. Eslick was a native of Giles County, a son of the late Merritt and Martha
Virginia Abernathy Eslick and a brother of the late Congressman Ed Eslick. He was
a graduate of Bethel College at Russellville, Ky., and a member of Phi Beta Gamma
fraternity. He received his license to practice law before the Tennessee Bar, but
shortly thereafter he was named deputy court clerk in Giles County and served in
that capacity during the administration of his uncle, the late Dan Eslick. Later,
he served as assistant cashier of the former Peoples Bank in Pulaski until 1930
when he joined G. B. Abernathy in forming the Eslick-Abernathy Insurance Company.
Mr. Eslick was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski.
Mr. Eslick is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hallie Grant Eslick; a son, Tol Grant
Eslick; two daughters, Miss Helen Eslick, Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Youree of Twin
Falls, Idaho, and 4 grandchildren.
Find A Grave contributor Ruth Hasten Walsh
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