Graveside service for Eddie Mae Jolly will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 23, 2023, at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma with Rev. Jesse Marshall, Pastor, One In The Spirit Christian Church, Lawton, Oklahoma officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Eddie Mae Jolly, 92, went home to be with the Lord on June 13, 2023, while surrounded by loved ones in Leander, Texas
Eddie was the third child born to Clara Idella (Jenkins) Harris and Eddie Harris on July 5, 1930, in Columbus, Georgia.  Her Christian journey started at New Bethel AME Church in Columbus, Georgia where she used her God-given talent and sang in the choir, many times as the lead vocalist.
She received her bachelor's degree in education from Winston-Salem State Teachers College, North Carolina, and went on to teach high school Math and English.  She also had a career as a real estate agent/broker and was an assistant pastor at the time of her passing.
Eddie Mae met and married Charles W. Jolly of the U.S. Army and raised six children while traveling the world as a military family for 30 years.
She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Jolly; her parents Eddie and Clara Harris; her brother Willie Jenkins; and her sister Mary Hinnant.
Eddie Mae is survived by her children Gwendolyn Van Pelt, Leander, Texas; Rick L. Jolly, Tucson, Arizonia; Dorothy E. Keel, Cornelius, Oregon; Charles W. Jolly, Jr., Lawton, Oklahoma; Bernard A. Jolly, Dallas, Texas, and Ronald E. Jolly, Sr., Woodbridge, Virginia; 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.