Bobby T. Spurlock

Bobby T. Spurlock Sr., 62, of Du Quoin, passed away at 7:14 P.M., Thursday, November 21, 2002 at the Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
Bobby was a retired coal miner from Ayrshire Coal Company, Chandler, IN.  He was of the Baptist faith.
He was born May 25, 1940 at Franklin, KY, the son of John T. and Sue M. (Fowler) Spurlock.
He married Clara Joann Ridgeway on April 22, 1967 at Du Quoin, IL and she survives.
He is survived by his wife of Du Quoin, two sons - Bobby Thomas Spurlock Jr. and wife Renee of Chandler, IN  and Kevin Earnest Spurlock and wife Regina of Tamaroa, four sisters - Carolyn Morgan of Du Quoin, Dorothy (Dottie) Ridgeway and husband Charles of Du Quoin, Sheila James and husband Alan of Du Quoin, and Sondra Struck and husband Bobby of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, three aunts - Mildred Shaw of Kentucky, Jean Travelstead of Kentucky, and Thelma Spurlock of Tennessee, one uncle - Paul Esque of Indiana, one special aunt - Geraldine Crowder of Arkansas, nine grandchildren - Kevin Wayne, Brandi Faye, Sean Logan, Brittany Renee, Alexandria Lynn, Thomas Jo, Maggie Mae, Tyler Wayne, and Mandi Jo, mother-in-law - Clara Mae Ridgeway of Pinckneyville, and many nieces and nephews, and brothers-in-laws and sisters-in-laws.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services were at 1:30 P.M., Sunday, November 24, 2002 at the Searby Funeral Home in Du Quoin with Rev. Darrell Porter officiating. 
Friends called from 5 to 8 P.M., Saturday at the Searby Funeral Home in Du Quoin.
Interment was in the Old Du Quoin Cemetery at Du Quoin.	
Friends may make memorials to the American Lung Association.
