Published: October 21, 2009 09:21 pm      

Rex Spurgeon Sr.

Rex Spurgeon Sr. passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at the I.O.O.F. Nursing Home in Ennis after a long illness. He was born on Feb. 21, 1927, in Valley Farm to James “Rob” and Myrtle Spurgeon. He was reared in and around Ellis and Navarro counties. He attended school in the Hopewell community. In 1948, he enlisted into the U.S. Army and served in the Korean Conflict. Upon his discharge, he married Kitty Ruth Threet on June 27, 1951. He was employed by Leggett & Platt Inc., from where he retired after 48 years as a materials foreman. As an avid fisherman and hunter, his love of the outdoors was second only to his family and especially his grandchildren and great-grandchild.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Kitty Spurgeon; along with their children, Rex Jr. and his wife Donna, Larry and his wife Peggy, Toni and her husband Jerry Butler, and Steve Spurgeon, all of Ennis. He is also survived by his adored grandchildren, Todd Butler, Jeremy Butler, Nicholas Spurgeon, who is currently deployed overseas, Tyler Spurgeon, Robyn Spurgeon and Paxton Spurgeon, all of Ennis; one great-grandchild, Addison Butler, also of Ennis; a sister, Hope St. Mars and her husband Verne of Rice; along with several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rob and Myrtle Spurgeon; a brother, James R. Spurgeon; and sisters, Catherine Mundie, Virginia Hobbs, Larue Simmons, Lucille Franks, and Billie Ann Spurgeon.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home Chapel in Ennis.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Chapel in Ennis. Interment will follow at Rice Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Todd Butler, Jeremy Butler, Tyler Spurgeon, Corey Bruton, Weldon Caldwell Jr., and Nathan Franks. Honorary pallbearers will be Nicholas Spurgeon, Lloyd “Bubba” Medlin, James Franks, William Cherry, James Cherry and Rex Reid.

An online guest book is available at www.bozemitchellmckibbin.com by selecting the Rex Spurgeon Sr. obituary.

Arrangements by Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home, Ennis. ∞