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Spurgin and Funderburg Family History
   David F. Spurgin came to Collin County in 1854 from Tennessee. He lived north of Wylie 25 or 30 years. He married Ellen Gallagher, a native of Collin County and moved to the Winningkoff community in 1901.
   Mr. and Mrs. David F. Spurgin were the parents of six children, 4 daughters and 2 sons:
Sally, who married R. J. Russell of Clear Lake (Collin County)
Agnes who married Elmore Funderburg
Emma who married Mason Funderburg of Greenville
Ethel who married Mack Gooch of Lucas
Joe who married Annie Merritt of near Wylie
Ollie who married Elizabeth Funderburg of Winningkoff in Nov. 1911. They moved to Lucas in 1941. Ollie A. Spurgin and Elizabeth Funderburg Spurgin were the parents of 8 sons and 2 daughters:
Noble, Zelda, Olen (Buck), Orval (Cotton), Edward (Sandy), Jack, Truman, Marie, Vernon (Billy), and Dale K.
The children attended school at Winningkoff, Lucas, Plano and McKinney.

John Spurgin Family
   John Spurgin was born in Missouri in Feb. 1819. He came to this area as a young man and it is said that he operated the first cotton gin in the Lucas area. He also had a grist mill here. John Spurgin married Miss Martha Ann Vick of this area. To this union were born five children: Oscar, born March 1869; Robert P. (Bud) born Feb. 1872; Ida, born Jan. 1874; ; Estelle, born Feb. 1876; Benjamin, born Aug. 1878; Both Ida and Bud attended Westminster (Collin County) Baptist College. Ida Spurgin married  G. W. Armstrong and the family move to Oklahoma. 
   Bud married Miss Willie Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cook of Lucas. To this union were born twin daughters: Tressye and Bessye. Bessye died as an infant. Tressye married John H. Click of Farmersville. Her grandparents gave the land on which was established the first church in Lucas.

Retired Minister Died at McKinney; Rites Wednesday
   A retired minister and step-father of two Dallas residents, the Rev. Cordus Spurgin, 71, died Tuesday at his home in McKinney. He was a former pastor of Christian churches at McKinney and Dublin, Erath County.
   Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the East McKinney Christian Church where Spurgin had been a pastor. Burial was in Forest Grove Cemetery.
   He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Winnis, San Angelo; Mrs. Louis Munster, McKinney; two sons, Roy Spurgin, De Soto, and Ray Spurgin, Albany; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Florence Spears, McKinney; and Mrs. Mattie Slaughter, Anna, Collin County; two stepsons, Houston Epps and E. L. Epps, both of Dallas and fifteen grandchildren.

Mrs. Emma Lou Spurgin Dies Here Monday
   Mrs. Emma Lou Spurgin of McKinney, passed away September 2. She was a native of Texas, born November 15, 1879.
   Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Crouch-Moore Chapel with interment in Pecan grove Cemetery.
   Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Edgar Spears, Irving; Mrs. Lorene Muncle, McKinney, Mrs. Emma Louise Winnis, Houston; Houston and Edwin Epps, Dallas; Ray Spurgin, Albany; sister, Mrs. Rex Scott of Marietta, Okla; 23 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.