Joel C. Braswell

Joel C. Braswell, 81, of Tavares, passed away Monday, March 20, 2023. Born in Cullman, Alabama to J. E. and Lottie Braswell, he moved to Tavares in 1950 as a child and graduated from Tavares High School. Joel served his country in the US Army during Vietnam and worked as a police officer at Eustis Police Department in the early 1960s. He worked as a citrus buyer most of his life, and worked in several other jobs from pest control to a service writer. He is survived by his son, Joel (Rhiannon) Braswell, Jr., Dandridge, TN; three daughters, Jolie (Carl) Fowler, Grand Island, FL, Tina (Andrew) Grassel, Knoxville, TN, Tammy Rizzo, Tavares, FL; brother, Norman Braswell, Tavares, FL; two sisters, Marie Hollis, Poplarville, MS, Juanita (Talmadge) Hales, Monterey, TN; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews that were like his own children. Services will be held at Harden/Pauli Funeral Home, Eustis 11 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2023; interment will follow at Lakeside Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. Online Guestbook available at www.hardenpauli.comArrangements by Harden/Pauli Funeral Home, Eustis.