Jim Ezzell

James Earl Ezzell Jr. was an American politician from North Carolina.
Ezzell was physically disabled from birth and could not walk without the use of mobility aids, frequently utilizing crutches or a motorized cart. Before running for public office, Ezzell was a solicitor. Politically, Ezzell was a Democrat from Nash County who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981, and as a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1985 to his death. In his first term as a state representative, he expressed opposition to the death penalty in cases of rape. Ezzell died in a single-car road incident on 30 January 1991, when the vehicle he was driving struck a bridge abatement near downtown Raleigh. He was ejected from the vehicle, which rolled onto him. His wife Patsy, was a passenger, and not severely injured.