Obit of Spurlock, William Clay - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

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Amarillo Globe News 13 May 1997

William Clay Spurlock

William Clay Spurlock, 85, of Amarillo, died Sunday, May 11, 1997.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Stratford Cemetery 
at Stratford with Randy Haralson officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell 
Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.

Mr. Spurlock was born in the Spurlock community of Sherman County. He had 
lived in Amarillo for two years. He earned his bachelor's degree from 
Panhandle A&M at Goodwell, Okla., and his master's degree from Oklahoma 
A&M at Stillwater, Okla.

In 1941 he served as assistant agronomist with the Soil Conservation 
Service at McAlester, Okla. From 1941 to 1942 he taught at Arkansas State 
Teachers College in Conway, Ark. He later served as the county agent for 
Ochiltree County.

Mr. Spurlock had farming and ranching interests in Sherman County. He 
served as a charter member of the board of directors of the Sun Bank in 
Sunray and Dumas. He also was a past director of the Sunray Co-op and a 
past member of the Sunray school board. He was a member of Sunray United 
Methodist Church and had served in many capacities including being on the 
committee in charge of building the original sanctuary.

He married Joyce Gilbert in 1946. She died in 1989.

Survivors include two daughters, Deborah Stephens and Sheryl Lankford, 
both of Amarillo; three brothers, Travis Spurlock, Alvin Spurlock and Neal 
Spurlock, all of the Spurlock community; a sister, Elsie Hill of Wichita 
Falls; and four grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be to Meals on Wheels, 1416 W. 8th Ave., 
Amarillo, Texas 79101; or a favorite charity.
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