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'''Kathy Marcia Morrow Spurlock''' (June 8, 1953 – September 10, 2021) was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]]  who was the executive editor and the general manager of the ''[[Monroe News Star]]'' in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish.

'''Kathy Marcia Morrow Spurlock''' (June 8, 1953 – September 10, 2021) was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]]  who was the executive editor and the general manager of the ''[[Monroe News Star]]'' in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish.

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.<ref name=obit>Kathy M. Spurlock Obituary, ''the Monroe 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]].<ref name=obit/>

 

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.<ref name=obit>Kathy M. Spurlock Obituary, ''the Monroe 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]]. She returned to Monroe in 1995 as executive editor and general manager in 2014 for her last two years at the publication.<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>

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]]. She returned to Monroe in 1995 as executive editor and general manager in 2014 for her last two years at the publication.<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>

A classically trained pianist, she was also a songwriter, the executive producer for the locally produced film, ''Cowboy and Indiana.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7177250/|title=''Cowboy and Indiana''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 13, 2021}}</ref> She was a past president of the Louisiana/Mississippi Association for Popular Music Education. She wrote a novella in 2017. She was an avid gardener and engaged in trout fishing on the White River in [[Arkansas]].<ref name=obit/>  

A classically trained pianist, she was also a songwriter, the executive producer for the locally produced film, ''Cowboy and Indiana.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7177250/|title=''Cowboy and Indiana''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 13, 2021}}</ref> She was a past president of the Louisiana/Mississippi Association for Popular Music Education. She wrote a novella in 2017. She was an avid gardener and engaged in trout fishing on the White River in [[Arkansas]].<ref name=obit/>  

Spurlock died at the age of sixty-eight at her home in Monroe after a lengthy illness. Survivors included her husband, Lindsey Scott Wilkerson (born 1957); daughter, Anne Perrone and her husband Jeff, and grandchildren, Kaylin and Grant Perrone.<ref name=obit/>

Spurlock died at the age of sixty-eight at her home in Monroe after a lengthy illness. Survivors included her husband, Lindsey Scott Wilkerson (born 1957); daughter, Anne Perrone and her husband Jeff, and grandchildren, Kaylin and Grant Perrone.<ref name=obit/>