Bert Spurlin (assistant director) · Peoplestrong Bert Spurlin (1899–1957) was a Kentucky-born Hollywood property man and assistant director. He is credited on films from the 1930s to the 1950s and on 88 episodes of the television comedy Our Miss Brooks.
J. T. Spurlin (Baptist pastor) · Peoplestrong Dr. J. T. Spurlin (1908–2000) was a Southern Baptist pastor from Kentucky. He organized the First Baptist Church of Juneau, Alaska, in 1946 and presided over the first annual sessions of the Alaska Baptist Convention.
James Utley Spurlin (Kentucky Baptist preacher) · Historystrong Rev. James Utley Spurlin (1824–1909) was a Baptist preacher in western Kentucky for about 65 years and the first pastor of Sinking Fork ("Brick") Baptist Church in Christian County. In 1907 the Hopkinsville Kentuckian called him the second-oldest Baptist preacher in the state. He died near Sinking Fork on 30 October 1909. His son John H. Spurlin and grandson Lindsay Spurlin were also preachers; a great-grandson, J. T. Spurlin, organized a church in Juneau, Alaska, and another grandson, R. P. Spurlin, was a dentist in Berryville, Arkansas.
Other Spurlin construction firms · Companiesmixed Besides Don Spurlin Construction, several smaller builders carry the Spurlin name: Mark Spurlin Construction Co. in Alabama, whose owner ran for mayor of Pike Road in 2025, Spurlin Builders in Kentucky, Spurlin Construction LLC in Arkansas, Spurlin Masonry in Georgia and the former roofing contractor Estel L. Spurlin, Inc. in Florida.
Preston Pruitt Spurlin Funeral Home · Companiesmixed Preston Pruitt Spurlin Funeral Home in Danville, Kentucky, traces its origins to 1880. It was renamed Preston Pruitt Spurlin in late 2014 and is owned by Jim and Libby Spurlin, who also own the Spurlin Funeral Home of Lancaster.
Robert E. Spurlin (Kentucky utility regulator) · Peoplestrong Robert E. Spurlin, a lawyer from Richmond, Kentucky, served on the Kentucky Public Service Commission from 1972 to 1976 and again from 2001 to 2004, and directed the state's workers' compensation Special Fund in the 1990s.
Robert Parker Spurlin (Berryville dentist) · Peoplemixed Dr. Robert Parker Spurlin (1879–1948) was a Kentucky-born dentist who practised in Berryville, Arkansas, from 1903 and served on its town council. His son, Dr. R. P. Spurlin Jr. (1914–1993), was appointed in 1940 as director of the Arkansas State Board of Health's newly budgeted dental-hygiene sub-division.
Roy Glenwood Spurling (Spurling variant) · Peoplestrong Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894–1968) was an American neurosurgeon who described the Spurling test for cervical nerve-root compression and led U.S. Army neurosurgery in World War II.
Spurlin candidates in recent elections · Peoplestrong People surnamed Spurlin who appear as candidates in Ballotpedia, local election records and news coverage from 2008 to 2026, including two Albertville, Alabama, races by builder Don Spurlin and local races in California, Indiana and Kentucky.
Spurlin cemeteries · Placesweak 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.
Spurlin family lines by state · Genealogyweak 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 Funeral Home (Stanford, Kentucky) · Companiesmixed Spurlin Funeral Home is a family-owned funeral home in Stanford, Kentucky, operating since January 1999 in an 1856 brick building that previously housed the Beazley funeral home.
Spurlin Funeral Home of Lancaster · Companiesmixed Spurlin Funeral Home of Lancaster is a family-owned funeral home in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, which opened in September 1996.
Spurlington Tunnel · Placesstrong The Spurlington Tunnel is an abandoned railroad tunnel of about 1,900 feet through Muldraugh Hill near Spurlington, Kentucky. It was dug in the late 1860s and 1870s for the Lebanon–Greensburg line, which the Louisville and Nashville Railroad later operated.
Spurlington Tunnel witch legend · Culturestrong A Kentucky folk legend says that Jesse James's gang killed a local woman, Nancy Bass, while hiding stolen treasure at the Spurlington Tunnel, and that her spirit, remembered as a witch, curses anyone who seeks the gold. Archival research shows Nancy Bass was a real Taylor County woman who probably died before the tunnel was built.
Spurlington, Kentucky · Placesmixed Spurlington is a small rural community in Taylor County, Kentucky, northeast of Campbellsville. It was a railroad station with a post office from 1880 to 1958, and it is named for the Spurling family, whose John Spurling Sr. was its first postmaster.
Spurlins Hollow and Spurlins Creek, Kentucky · Placesstrong Besides Spurlington, GNIS lists two Kentucky natural features named in the possessive form 'Spurlins': Spurlins Hollow, a valley in Cumberland County, and Spurlins Creek, a stream in Muhlenberg County recorded by the place-name scholar Robert M. Rennick.
Spurlins of Christian County, Kentucky · Genealogymixed Spurlin families from North Carolina were in Christian County, in western Kentucky, by about 1800. Later generations included a line of Baptist preachers who served churches around Hopkinsville and in neighbouring Trigg County, and the county has a Spurlin Cemetery north of Hopkinsville.