HM1 David Lee Call, USN, Retired, 70, died Sunday, December 29, 2024, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

He was born October 9, 1954, in Iredell County, to the late Lee Grose and Emma Lois Beck Call. David retired from the U.S. Navy with just over 20 years of service. He had currently been employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a rural route carrier for thirty years.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Gail Rupard Call; and a nephew, Wesley Samuel Koontz.

Survivors include sisters, Nancy Lippard (Kenny), Barbara Koontz (Arthur), and Lynn Foster; nieces and nephews, Kenny Lippard, Cory Lippard (Christy), Jacinda Oaten, Miranda Etter (Billy), Stephanie Tarpley (Gerald), Callahan Bowers (Josh), Kaleb Koontz (Taylor), and Tanner Koontz; great-nieces and nephews, Kenslee Lippard, Belle Oaten, Avery Etter, River Oaten, Parker Bowers, Westin Etter, Allie Lakey, Grayson Bowers, James and Alyssa Tarpley; stepdaughters, Crystal Patton and Jennifer Patton Özkurt (Özgür); and stepgrandchildren, Gabriel Patton, Selvi Özkurt and Daphne Özkurt.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday, January 5, at Salem Methodist Church with Rev. David Tifft officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery Harmony, with military graveside honors. The family invites friends to visit with them from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, January 4, at Lambert Funeral Home.

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