What is Joe P. Tolson?
[[File:Joe Pat Tolson.jpg|right|200px]] '''Joe Pat Tolson''' (April 15, 1941 – February 3, 2019) was an American [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] politician. He was a member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] from 1997 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?nUserID=48&sChamber=H|title=Representative Joe P. Tolson (Democrat, 2011-2012 Session)|publisher=[[North Carolina General Assembly]]|access-date=31 March 2011|archive-date=7 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407110324/http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=48|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tolson was born in [[Pinetops, North Carolina]]. Tolson died on February 3, 2019 from [[respiratory failure]] at a hospital in [[Tarboro, North Carolina]], aged 77.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former North Carolina state Rep. Joe Tolson dies at 77 |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article225504725.html |access-date=4 February 2019 |work=The Sacramento Bee |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207022834/https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article225504725.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tolson, Joe P.}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:Politicians from North Carolina]] [[Category:Educators from North Carolina]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}