Dorothy Spurgeon
Posted: August 19, 2016
BROOKSVILLE — Dorothy Jensen Spurgeon, 89, died Aug. 17, 2016, at Noxubee County Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Brooksville Baptist Church with Jay Spiller and Danny Avery officiating. Burial will follow in Brooksville Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Mrs. Spurgeon was born May 8, 1927, to the late Christian Nels and Nannie Mae Gray Jensen in Macon. She graduated from Noxubee County High School. She was a member of Brooksville Homemaker’s Club, Noxubee Garden Club and the Holiday Club. She was a member of Brooksville Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Myrtle Henley; brother, Nels Jensen; and one grandson. She is survived by her husband, Ralph Spurgeon of Brooksville; daughter, Brenda Spurgeon of Jackson; sons, Bobby Spurgeon and Paul Spurgeon, both of Brooksville; sister, Audrey Powell of Jackson, Alabama; brother, Eugene Jensen of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Billy Gray, Randy Gray, David Taylor, Louis Rowles, Jim Rowles, Robert Powell, Bob Powell and Walter Hines. Memorials may be made to the Brooksville Cemetery Fund, c/o Melanie Hines, 586 Hines Road, Brooksville, MS 39739 or Brooksville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 52, Brooksville, MS 39739.