Dorothy Pauline Helms Jolly

July 13, 1924 - October 10, 2019

Mrs. Dorothy Pauline Helms Jolly, 95, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Autumn Care Nursing Home in Salisbury. A funeral service is scheduled for 1:00 pm Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Charles McHargue will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The family will receive friends from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm Saturday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mrs. Jolly was born July 13, 1924 in Union County. She was a daughter of the late Cora Little Helms and Adam Helms. She was a member of Shell Point Baptist Church of Shallotte and formerly a member of North Kannapolis Wesleyan Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher and was active in missionary work. She started sewing when she was three years old, became an excellent seamstress and also enjoyed quilting. Mrs. Jolly also made clothing for children overseas. She was active and former president of Supply Extension Homemakers Club of Supply, NC. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Glenn David Jolly; and sister, Betty Bostian. Mrs. Jolly is survived by three sons, Darrell Jolly and wife Jamie and Kenneth Jolly and wife Brenda, both of Salisbury and Randy Jolly of Little River; a daughter, Marilynn Smith and husband Douglas of Kannapolis; nine grandchildren; and 21 great grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to North Kannapolis Wesleyan Church, 314 West 12th Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.