ZEBULON - Wilbur Morton Jolly, 90, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007. Graveside services were conducted Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Oakwood Cemetery in Louisburg.

He was born in Pitt County. Mr. Jolly was a graduate of Wake Forest Law School and was admitted to the N.C. Bar in 1941. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942 and served in the European Theater until his discharge in December of 1945. He was inducted into the N.C. Bar Association’s Lawyer’s Hall of Fame and was the dean of the Franklin County Bar.

Mr. Jolly represented Franklin County in the North Carolina Senate in 1957, 1959 and 1963. He also represented the 14th District in the N.C. State House of Representatives in 1980. He was the senior partner in the law firm of Jolly, Williamson & Williamson in Louisburg until his retirement.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Sybil Elizabeth King Jolly. Surviving: his wife, Justine Hicks Jolly of the home; his son, Michael King Jolly (Carroll) of Hillsboro; daughter, Jane Elizabeth Jolly of Louisburg.

Arrangements by Massey Funeral Home, Zebulon.