Esslinger Funeral To Be Friday

Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 10 a.m. from Chisholm chapel for Mrs. Blanche R. Esslinger, with Dr. Lambuth Archibald officiating.

Graveside services will follow at Maple Hill cemetery, Huntsville.

Mrs. Esslinger was a member of the First Methodist Church, the D. A. R. and U. D. C. She was the wife of the late William Francis Esslinger, probate judge of Madison County for a number of years.

She was a graduate of Centenary College, Athens, Tenn. She attended Peabody Conservatory of Music at Baltimore, Md.

She is survived by two sons, R. J. Esslinger, Reading, Penn. and W. F. Esslinger, Jr, Miami, Fla; two daughters, Miss Nell Esslinger, Chicago Ill, Mrs. Royce H. Dorris, Florence; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews.

Active bearers will be Lester Edwards, Harry Nash, Walter Ross, A. O. Fike, A. W. Frasier, Ray Belew. Honorary bearers will be Basil B. Luff, N. A.. Marshall, Amos Wilbanks, Robert Reed Randolph, J. W. Scarborough, William Cross, R. H.. Burgess, Robert Butler, W. A. Alexander, T. J. Pyron, Dr. C. F. Luckey, C. R. Gargis, J. C. Sanders, Jeff Kerry, Merritt Wikle.

Arrangements by Chisholm.

Published in the Times Daily on Thursday, September 26, 1957 -- Page 2

Esslinger Funeral To Be Friday

Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 10 a.m. from Chisholm chapel for Mrs. Blanche R. Esslinger, with Dr. Lambuth Archibald officiating.

Graveside services will follow at Maple Hill cemetery, Huntsville.

Mrs. Esslinger was a member of the First Methodist Church, the D. A. R. and U. D. C. She was the wife of the late William Francis Esslinger, probate judge of Madison County for a number of years.

She was a graduate of Centenary College, Athens, Tenn. She attended Peabody Conservatory of Music at Baltimore, Md.

She is survived by two sons, R. J. Esslinger, Reading, Penn. and W. F. Esslinger, Jr, Miami, Fla; two daughters, Miss Nell Esslinger, Chicago Ill, Mrs. Royce H. Dorris, Florence; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews.

Active bearers will be Lester Edwards, Harry Nash, Walter Ross, A. O. Fike, A. W. Frasier, Ray Belew. Honorary bearers will be Basil B. Luff, N. A.. Marshall, Amos Wilbanks, Robert Reed Randolph, J. W. Scarborough, William Cross, R. H.. Burgess, Robert Butler, W. A. Alexander, T. J. Pyron, Dr. C. F. Luckey, C. R. Gargis, J. C. Sanders, Jeff Kerry, Merritt Wikle.

Arrangements by Chisholm.

Published in the Times Daily on Thursday, September 26, 1957 -- Page 2