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| death_place=Monroe, Louisiana

| death_place=Monroe, Louisiana

| death_cause=Lengthy illness

| death_cause=Lengthy illness

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| nationality=[[United States|American]]

| nationality=[[United States|American]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]<br>

'''Alma mater''':<br>

'''Alma mater''':<br>

Airline High School (Bossier City)<br>

Airline High School (Bossier City)<br>

Spurlock was born in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], the daughter of Urban and Ruby Morrow. the family moved to [[Bossier City]], where she graduated in 1971 from Airline High School. She received her journalism degree in 1975 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] under department chairman [[Wiley Hilburn]]. She then interned in [[Shreveport]] at ''The Times'' was promoted to various editorial positions in the news departments of both ''The News Star'' and the defunct ''Monroe Morning World.'' She served two stints at ''The News Star'' with twenty-one years as the executive editor, when she retired in 2016 as the newspaper's executive editor. She was also general manager for her last two years.<ref name=obit>Kathy M. Spurlock Obituary - The News Star, accessed September 13, 2021.</ref>

Spurlock was born in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], the daughter of Urban and Ruby Morrow. the family moved to [[Bossier City]], where she graduated in 1971 from Airline High School. She received her journalism degree in 1975 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] under department chairman [[Wiley Hilburn]]. She then interned in [[Shreveport]] at ''The Times'' was promoted to various editorial positions in the news departments of both ''The News Star'' and the defunct ''Monroe Morning World.'' She served two stints at ''The News Star'' with twenty-one years as the executive editor, when she retired in 2016 as the newspaper's executive editor. She was also general manager for her last two years.<ref name=obit>Kathy M. Spurlock Obituary - The News Star, accessed September 13, 2021.</ref>

In 1982, Spurlock left Monroe to become editor of ''Louisiana Suburban Press'' in Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish, and moved in 1985 to the ''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,'' at which she worked in various editing positions there. In 1989, she returned to Gannett as metro editor of ''The Clarion-Ledger'' in the capital city of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], Mississippi. She returned to Monroe in 1995 as executive editor and general manager in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2021/09/10/retired-news-star-editor-kathy-spurlock-award-winning-journalist-dies/8271715002/|title=Retired News-Star editor Kathy Spurlock, award winning journalist, dies|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|date=September 10, 2021|accessdate=September 13, 2021

In 1982, Spurlock left Monroe to become editor of ''Louisiana Suburban Press'' in Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish, and moved in 1985 to the ''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,'' at which she worked in various editing positions there. In 1989, she returned to Gannett as metro editor of ''The Clarion-Ledger'' in the capital city of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], Mississippi. She returned to Monroe in 1995 as executive editor and general manager in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2021/09/10/retired-news-star-editor-kathy-spurlock-award-winning-journalist-dies/8271715002/|title=Retired News-Star editor Kathy Spurlock, award winning journalist, dies|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|date=September 10, 2021|accessdate=September 13, 2021}}</ref>

   

   

Active in the community, Spurlock was a past chairman of the trustees of the Twin City Art Foundation Board. She was involved too with the [[United Way]] of Northeast Louisiana, the Public Affairs Research Council in [[Baton Rouge]], the Strauss Little Theatre in Monroe, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, and the Salvation Army. She was an advisor of the Junior League of Monroe and the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. She was the chairman of the Freedom of Information Committee of the Louisiana Press Association. She also sat on the national board of the American Society of News Editors. In 2002, she was named a "Distinguished Alumnus" of Louisiana Tech's College of Liberal Arts. She mentored the newsroom staff and opened her home to her colleagues on [[Thanksgiving Day]] or for celebrations of newsroom awards.<ref name=obit/>

Active in the community, Spurlock was a past chairman of the trustees of the Twin City Art Foundation Board. She was involved too with the [[United Way]] of Northeast Louisiana, the Public Affairs Research Council in [[Baton Rouge]], the Strauss Little Theatre in Monroe, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, and the Salvation Army. She was an advisor of the Junior League of Monroe and the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. She was the chairman of the Freedom of Information Committee of the Louisiana Press Association. She also sat on the national board of the American Society of News Editors. In 2002, she was named a "Distinguished Alumnus" of Louisiana Tech's College of Liberal Arts. She mentored the newsroom staff and opened her home to her colleagues on [[Thanksgiving Day]] or for celebrations of newsroom awards.<ref name=obit/>