Irvine Richardson Spurlock

SPURLOCK, Irvine Richardson, age 53, of Wake, Va. died suddenly on October 31, 2007. Originally from North Carolina, Irvine graduated in 1972 from Christchurch School in Middlesex County and attended the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and Wilmington before moving permanently to Virginia in 1976. From 1976 to 1989, Irvine was general manager of Spurlock Company, founded by his father and headquartered in Waverly, Va. From 1989 until 1999, Irvine served as president of the company, which became Spurlock Industries Inc. in 1995. The business was sold in 1999. An avid sportsman and fisherman with family and personal ties in the Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula, Irvine relocated to from Sussex County to Middlesex County in 2000 and has owned Middlesex Lawn and Garden since 2001. A longtime resident of Sussex County, Irvine was past president of the Ruritans of Waverly, past president of Beaverdam Sportsman Club, Waverly, and past president of Arrington Fishing Club, Sussex County. The son of the late Harold Norman Spurlock and Daphne Richardson Spurlock of Petersburg, Va., Irvine is survived by his mother; his wife, Catharine Smith Spurlock of Wake, Va.; a daughter, Bryson Spurlock Tomsky and her husband, Chris of Culpeper, Va.; a son, Irvine Richardson Spurlock Jr. of Wake, Va.; two sisters, Sallie Spurlock Mahan of Woodbridge, Va. and Edith Spurlock Towns and her husband, Tony of Aiken, S.C.; a brother, Harold Norman Spurlock Jr. and his wife, Katie of Staunton, Va.; six cousins including P. Daniel Spurlock of Chester, Va. and his two children; and 22 nieces and nephews. He is the brother-in-law of Laura and Tyler Ware of Tappahannock, Va., Page and Patsy Smith of Alexandria, Va., Barton and Beth Smith of Petersburg, Va. and Jenifer and Marc MacKeigan of Alexandria, Va. A memorial service will be held for Irvine at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Christ Church, adjacent to Christchurch School on Route 33 in Middlesex County. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be sent to Christchurch School, 49 Seahorse Lane, Christchurch, Va. 23031 or VIMS Oyster Research, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester, Va. 23062. Arrangements by Bristow-Faulkner Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Saluda.