James Clinton Spurlin (Methodist minister)
Rev. James Clinton "Clint" Spurlin (1890–1984), born at Ennice, North Carolina, was a Methodist minister in the Holston Conference in southwestern Virginia for 43 years.
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James Clinton "Clint" Spurlin (December 1890 – 14 January 1984) was a Methodist minister in the Holston Conference who served for 43 years.[1] His appointments in the late 1920s and early 1930s were in the conference's Wytheville District in southwestern Virginia.[2][3]
Early life and marriage
His Find a Grave memorial gives his birth as 22 December 1890 at Ennice, Alleghany County, North Carolina (see Spurlins of Ashe and Alleghany Counties). It names his parents as John Emory Spurlin (1869–1945) and Sarah "Sally" Parks Spurlin (1872–1945).[1] A 1958 genealogy of the Copenhaver family of Wythe County, Virginia, gives his birth date as 24 December 1890, also at Ennice. It says he married Rachel Givens of Galax, Virginia, at Marion, Virginia, on 12 June 1919.[4]
Ministry
The memorial says he was admitted to the Holston Conference in 1927.[1] The conference's printed records follow his early career. In 1928 James Clinton Spurlin was advanced to the class of the fourth year, listed among the deacons of one year and appointed to the Blue Ridge charge in the Wytheville District.[2] In 1930 he was in his second year at Spring Valley, Virginia, also in the Wytheville District. That year the conference's Hospital Board nominated him as Conference Director of the Golden Cross, the Methodist hospital-support program.[3] The 1933 record lists him in his fifth year at Spring Valley, and the board nominated him again as Golden Cross director.[5]
Retirement and death
The Copenhaver genealogy says the couple had lived at Rural Retreat, Virginia, since his retirement from the Methodist ministry. It thanks "Mrs. Rachel Spurlin, Rural Retreat, Virginia" for help with the book.[4] According to the obituary transcribed on his memorial, from the Galax Gazette of 18 January 1984, he died in a Wytheville hospital on 14 January 1984, aged 93. The obituary calls him a retired Holston Conference Methodist minister with 43 years of service. His funeral was held at Rural Retreat Methodist Church, and he was buried in the Holston Conference Cemetery at Emory, Virginia.[1]
See also
- Spurlins of Ashe and Alleghany Counties, North Carolina · Genealogy weak
Spurlins from Fairfax County, Virginia, settled in the Blue Ridge counties of Ashe and Alleghany, North Carolina, in the late 18th century. Descendants served in the 22nd North Carolina Infantry, were merchants and farmers around Sparta and Ennice in the 20th century, and gave their name to three family burial grounds. - Spurlin clergy and ministries · Culture mixed
A roundup of ministers, preachers and religious workers surnamed Spurlin, from nineteenth-century Baptist and Presbyterian pastors to present-day ministries, drawn from church histories, denominational records and local news. - Spurlin family lines by state · Genealogy weak
A state-by-state guide to the main Spurlin and Spurling family lines in the United States, from colonial Virginia and North Carolina to Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Texas and Indiana, with the sources behind each link. - Notable Spurlins · People strong
An index of notable people surnamed Spurlin, with related Spurling-surname figures listed separately as variants.
References
- ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ Rev James Clinton "Clint" Spurlin (1890–1984) — Find a Grave Memorial — transcribes his obituary from the Galax Gazette, 18 January 1984 Genealogy
- ↑ ↑ Official Record of the Holston Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 105th session, Princeton, W. Va., 1928 — Internet Archive Book
- ↑ ↑ Official Record of the Holston Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 107th session, Bristol, 1930 — Internet Archive Book
- ↑ ↑ Clifford R. Canfield, Copenhaver Family of Wythe County, Virginia (Pasadena, 1958) — Internet Archive — Givens family section, p. 25 Book
- ↑ Official Record of the Holston Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 110th session, Knoxville, 1933 — Internet Archive Book
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