POAGE BANKSHARES, INC.
1500 Carter Avenue
Ashland, Kentucky 41101
March 26, 2015
Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Poage Bankshares, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-201027) Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Poage Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 be declared effective on March 31, 2015 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
| · | should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; |
| · | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| · | the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Very truly yours,
/s/ Ralph E. Coffman, Jr.
Ralph E. “Gene” Coffman, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
