Spurlin obituary index
An archival index of 710 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, from 1850 to 2026, arranged by state with links to the original funeral-home and newspaper notices.
Sourcing: strong 2 official · 1 government
The Spurlin obituary index lists published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin who have died, whether they were born Spurlin or married into the family. It is meant for family historians and for relatives looking for a notice. Each listing gives the person's name as printed, birth and death dates, home town and a link to the original obituary on a funeral-home or newspaper website, or to a scanned newspaper page for older notices.
What the index includes
- People whose obituary or death notice names them as a Spurlin by birth or by marriage. Women born Spurlin are listed under their married names, with Spurlin in parentheses.
- Only the exact spelling Spurlin. Spurling, Spurlock and Sperling are separate surnames (see Spurlin spelling variants).
- Adults only. The index leaves out deaths of children.
What it leaves out, and why
The index links to obituaries but does not copy them. Obituary text belongs to the families and publishers who wrote it, so each listing points to the original. To respect the privacy of living relatives, the index does not name survivors and does not give causes of death or addresses.
Some large obituary sites were not used because their terms forbid automated collection. Legacy.com prohibits access by "any robot, spider, web crawler, extraction software, or any other automated process" and deep-linking.[1] The terms that cover Find a Grave and Newspapers.com bar access that "exceeds the intended standard human use".[2] Obituaries that appear only on those sites are therefore missing from this index. Newer notices are drawn from funeral-home and newspaper websites. Older ones come from digitized newspapers, mainly the Library of Congress's Chronicling America collection.[3]
Coverage by state
Listings are grouped by the state where the person lived at death. States with fewer than 10 listings share one page.
| State | Listings | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 92 | Alabama |
| North Carolina | 85 | North Carolina |
| Indiana | 67 | Indiana |
| Kentucky | 67 | Kentucky |
| Georgia | 51 | Georgia |
| Texas | 43 | Texas |
| Florida | 36 | Florida |
| Tennessee | 25 | Tennessee |
| California | 23 | California |
| Virginia | 23 | Virginia |
| Arkansas | 19 | Arkansas |
| Iowa | 17 | Iowa |
| Maryland | 17 | Maryland |
| South Carolina | 16 | South Carolina |
| Colorado | 16 | Colorado |
| Oregon | 14 | Oregon |
| Ohio | 12 | Ohio |
| Oklahoma | 12 | Oklahoma |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | Other states |
| New Hampshire | 7 | Other states |
| Illinois | 7 | Other states |
| Missouri | 7 | Other states |
| Mississippi | 7 | Other states |
| New Mexico | 7 | Other states |
| Louisiana | 6 | Other states |
| Minnesota | 5 | Other states |
| Wyoming | 4 | Other states |
| Nebraska | 3 | Other states |
| Delaware | 2 | Other states |
| Washington | 2 | Other states |
| Maine | 1 | Other states |
| District of Columbia | 1 | Other states |
| Utah | 1 | Other states |
| Michigan | 1 | Other states |
| Outside the United States | 1 | Other states |
| Arizona | 1 | Other states |
| New York | 1 | Other states |
| West Virginia | 1 | Other states |
| New Jersey | 1 | Other states |
| Wisconsin | 1 | Other states |
Corrections and removals
The index was compiled in September 2026 by searching funeral-home and newspaper sites and opening each obituary, and every listing was checked a second time against its source. It is not complete, because many obituaries were never published online or appear only on sites the index cannot use. Families who want a listing corrected, added or removed can follow the steps on the Contribute page.
See also
- Spurlin research resources · Genealogy mixed
A roundup of free online tools for researching Spurlin families: collaborative trees, the Spurlin Y-DNA project, surname forums, digitized county histories and newspapers, federal land patents, cemetery and historical-marker databases, and military and African American records. - Spurlin cemeteries · Places weak
A roundup of burial grounds named for the Spurlin family on Find a Grave: eight Spurlin cemeteries in Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky and North Carolina, plus Spurlington- and Spurling-named cemeteries and the graves of notable Spurlins. - Spurlins in Historic American Newspapers · History strong
The Library of Congress's Chronicling America collection returns thousands of newspaper pages for the Spurlin name, from Louisiana politics in 1886 and an Indiana 'ghost' lawsuit in 1897 to a Texas railroad town named for John L. Spurlin and a runaway locomotive in 1935. - 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. - Spurlin centenarians and longevity claims · Genealogy weak
Family trees, grave memorials and old newspapers credit several Spurlins with lifespans of more than 100 years. Census ages often disagree with these claims. This entry sets each claim beside the records found so far and lists modern centenarians covered in the press. - Dr. Spurlin Circle (Berryville, Arkansas) · Places mixed
Dr. Spurlin Circle is a street in Berryville, Arkansas. The city's Berryville Community Center stands there at 601 Dr. Spurlin Circle. The street honors a local Dr. Spurlin; a family of Spurlin dentists practised in Berryville from 1903, though no published source says which of them the street is named for. A later practice on North Main Street, Spurlin Family Dentistry, has been run by a dentist of another name. - Spurlin obituaries: Alabama · Genealogy strong
An index of 92 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Alabama, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Arkansas · Genealogy mixed
An index of 19 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Arkansas, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: California · Genealogy strong
An index of 23 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in California, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Colorado · Genealogy strong
An index of 16 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Colorado, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Florida · Genealogy mixed
An index of 36 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Florida, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Georgia · Genealogy strong
An index of 51 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Georgia, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Indiana · Genealogy mixed
An index of 67 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Indiana, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Iowa · Genealogy strong
An index of 17 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Iowa, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Kentucky · Genealogy strong
An index of 67 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Kentucky, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Maryland · Genealogy mixed
An index of 17 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Maryland, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: North Carolina · Genealogy mixed
An index of 85 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in North Carolina, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Ohio · Genealogy mixed
An index of 12 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Ohio, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Oklahoma · Genealogy strong
An index of 12 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Oklahoma, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Oregon · Genealogy strong
An index of 14 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Oregon, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: other states · Genealogy mixed
An index of 75 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, from states with fewer entries, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: South Carolina · Genealogy mixed
An index of 16 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in South Carolina, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Tennessee · Genealogy mixed
An index of 25 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Tennessee, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Texas · Genealogy mixed
An index of 43 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Texas, with dates, towns and links to the original notices. - Spurlin obituaries: Virginia · Genealogy mixed
An index of 23 published obituaries and death notices for people named Spurlin, by birth or marriage, who lived in Virginia, with dates, towns and links to the original notices.
References
- ↑ Terms of Use — Legacy.com — prohibits automated access, scraping and deep-linking Official
- ↑ Terms and Conditions — Ancestry (covers Find a Grave and Newspapers.com) — use limited to "standard human use" Official
- ↑ Chronicling America — Library of Congress — digitized historic American newspapers Government
Last reviewed 2026-09-26.