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2003
Portraits of the 2003 recipients of the
Wall of Fame Honor.
From left to right: Kay Patterson, Angela
Stone, and Walter Watson, Jr.
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Kay
Patterson
Saxon Homes 1955-1957 |
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Category: Government
A former resident of the CHA’s Saxon Homes Community,
Senator Kay Patterson was inducted into the Wall of Fame for serving the
residents of South Carolina in a variety of capacities. He taught for 14
years at W.A. Perry Middle School, C.A. Johnson High School, and Benedict
College, and he served for 16 years as a UniServ Representative for the
South Carolina Education Association. In 1974, Patterson was elected to
the South Carolina House of Representatives, and in 1985, he was elected
to the South Carolina Senate. As of 2004, Patterson was representing his
constituents in Richland County District #19 by serving as Chairman of the
Richland County Legislative Delegation.
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Angela
Stone
Saxon Homes 1965-1972 |
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Category: Professional
Entertainment
Angela L. Stone is a
former resident of the CHA's Saxon Homes community. She was inducted
into the Wall of Fame as a result of her success in the music
industry. She began singing gospel at an early age, performing her
first solo at First Nazareth Baptist Church when she was 11 years
old. Upon graduation from C.A. Johnson High School, Stone turned
down several basketball scholarships to pursue a career in music.
After working several dead-end jobs and experiencing intermittent
success, Stone signed a contract with Arista Records in 1997, and
produced her first album, "Black Diamond." In autumn of
2001, she released her second album, "Mahogany Soul,"
which made an Entertainment Weekly top 100 list of albums for that
year. She has appeared in the movies "Hot Chicks" and
"The Fighting Temptations" as well as commercials for Gap
and Coca Cola. At the time of inductions, she was preparing for her
first appearance on Broadway in the well-known musical,
"Chicago.
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Colonel
Walter L. Watson, Jr.
Saxon Homes
1952-57 |
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Category: Military
Service
A former resident of Saxon Homes, Colonel Walter
L. Watson was inducted into the Wall of Fame for an impressive
25-year military career that included assignments as a flight
instructor, flight examiner, and flight commander. He was the first
and only African American to qualify as a crewmember of the SR-71, a
super secret aircraft that set altitude, and speed records. Watson
is a master navigator with more than 3,100 hours of flight time. As
of 2004, Watson served as the Senior Aerospace Science Instructor
for the C.A. Johnson High School Air Force Junior ROTC unit.
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