Kay Patterson, former longtime Richland County lawmaker, civil rights icon dies at 93 By Joseph Bustos. Updated December 13, 2024 4:07 PM.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Sen. Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at the segregated Statehouse to serving as a state legislator for over 30 years died Friday. He was 93.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A man who served in the South Carolina House and then in the Senate for more than 30 years has died, the state’s Democratic Party has confirmed. Retired state Sen. Kay ...

Kay Patterson, a former schoolteacher and one of the first Black lawmakers to rise to the state Senate in the years after Reconstruction, died at the age of 93.

Patterson was convicted in September 2011 for the 2006 murder of Kay Harrelson, 51, and sentenced to life in prison. The jury reached a unanimous decision after five days of trial and an hour and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina senator Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at the segregated Statehouse to serving as a state legislator for over 30 years died Friday. He was 93.