Eldridge SPURGEON

1922 - 1981  (58 years)

• Name	Eldridge SPURGEON
  Birth	16 Aug 1922	Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930, 1940	Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer, trucker, trailer court operator  [1, 2]
  Residence	Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV   [1]
  Death	23 Feb 1981	Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV   [1]
  Burial	Pleasant View Memory Gardens, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV   [3]
  	According to "West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County)," published in July 1990, there are headstones for Eldridge Spurgeon and his wife Evelyn in the Spurgeon family plot at Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery at Crystal Lake (West Union), Doddridge County. Both markers were reported to have the birth date 1922, but with no death date. However, we were informed by immediate family that their burials were instead made in Pleasant View Memory Gardens in Martinsburg, where they and their son had taken up residence.
  Notes	For 31 years, was owner and operator of the Spurgeon Trucking Corporation. Was a member and co-chairman of the Opequon Water District Commission, Martinsburg, WV.
  Person ID	I17106	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Junie Herschel SPURGEON,   b. 17 Jun 1886, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV d. 20 Apr 1965, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Alta LEESON,   b. 18 Nov 1891, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV d. 4 Oct 1983, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F5776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Winona MCGILL,   b. 7 Feb 1922, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV d. 28 Mar 2004, Florida (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1941  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Arethia LaDonna SPURGEON,   b. 20 Jul 1942, Baltimore, MD d. 5 Aug 2005, Florida (Age 63 years) + 2. Living
  Family ID	F6203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Obituary. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 248. [S1616] Immediate family. [S110] Obituary of husband.