David Leroy Sawvel

WILLOW SPRING – David LeRoy Sawvel, 83, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Born in Newton, IA, he was the son of the late Floyd Freeman and Pauline Lund Sawvel.

A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 10:00 AM at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Fuquay-Varina.

Left to cherish his memory is his children, Jill Sawvel of Angier, Lisa Halloran and husband, Jim of West Jefferson, Scott Sawvel and wife, Debbie of Willow Spring, and Jeff Sawvel and wife, Valentina of Willow Spring; grandchildren, Clinton Sawvel, of Willow Spring, Timothy Sawvel and wife, Nicole of Eagle River, AK, Samantha Currin and husband, Jon of Raleigh, Joseph Sawvel and wife, Autumn of Willow Spring, Julie White and husband, Darin of Angier, Anthony Halloran of West Jefferson, and a grandson-in-law, Van Barbour; great grandchildren, Maddie, Noah, Levi, Isaac, and Oakleigh Barbour, Eli and Joey Sawvel, Rodger, Amelia, and Charlie Currin, Blakely and Georgia Sawvel and Lyla White; and a sister, Betty Reckinger.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Sawvel; daughter, Kim Werbelow; granddaughter, Rachel Barbour; great grandson, Neal Sawvel; and brothers, Richard “Dick” and Thomas Dean “Tom” Sawvel.