Joe Pat Tolson (April 15, 1941 – February 3, 2019) was an American educator and Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly[1] representing the state's twenty-third House district, including constituents in Edgecombe and Wilson counties.

Tolson died in 2019 from respiratory failure at a hospital in Tarboro, North Carolina.

[3] Tolson received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Barton College and University of Virginia.

He served as assistant vice-president for Edgecombe Community College.

[4] Media related to Joe P. Tolson at Wikimedia Commons