King family remembers first Black mayor of Chester ahead of highway dedication
CHESTER, S.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) — On a gloomy, gray and rainy day in the city of Chester, State Agent John Richard King sits down with his sister, Chester Metropolis Councilwoman Robbie King-Boyd of Ward 4, and their mother Margie King inside of just one of the places they truly feel closest to their late father Christopher King Sr.
King-Boyd fixes her mother’s garments, earning absolutely sure she appears to be like ideal as she talks about her late spouse. They get care of every other, the exact way they proceed to get treatment of their father’s legacy.
“My spouse beloved Chester, and to do this he did it by way of politics,” Margie King suggests about her husband.
King Sr. was elected the 1st black mayor of the town of Chester in 1995. But he was held out of the seat for 3 several years immediately after allegations of voter fraud. His son, John, states after a court fight, no voter fraud was observed and King Sr. took the seat.
In honor of his enjoy and difficult operate – a portion of South Carolina Freeway 9 will be named “Christopher King, Sr. Memorial Highway.”
A concurrent resolution was released by State Reps. Annie McDaniel and Randy Ligon in the Dwelling and signed on to by Rep. John King, a person of King Sr.’s son.
King Sr. was instrumental in creating single-member districts for Chester County after getting the situation to the United States Supreme Court.
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“This is a aspiration that has appear correct. When my youngsters were younger, we would trip around in our station wagon registering people because he wished all persons to have the suitable to vote.”
Margie King thinks the honor is long overdue, but she many thanks the folks who manufactured it doable.
“My father still left a legacy that grew in my sister Robbie, myself, and my brother William along with my other siblings but we’re the 3 who carried that torch.”
A few Kings – John, William, and Robbie – have every held the Ward 4 seat on the Chester Metropolis Council at some place given that their father’s death in 1997. Some thing that has not been completed in the metropolis ahead of. But they don’t contemplate them selves politicians – they get in touch with themselves public servants – a nod to their father’s operate for the general public.
“With my father’s legacy, it speaks loud and very clear in Columbia by means of me, mainly because my father believed in supporting persons. Me remaining a member of the Standard Assembly that is engrained in me just about every day that I walk into these chambers in Columbia,” John King suggests, “If he was sitting down here these days, I never believe he would say – what we’re undertaking to dedicate this freeway in his honor – he would say hey, it can be not about me, it’s about the people today,” King-Boyd said.
As they carry on to maintain business in the town and the condition – their mom Margie proceeds to operate a funeral dwelling set up by King.
“His legacy has lived even soon after he died from 1997 to present mainly because my mother, my sisters, and brothers we vowed to make confident that my father’s identify would not die.”
The devotion will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. The portion of the highway is from the intersection of Hudson Street to its intersection with Cemetery Avenue. It will be named “Christopher King, Sr. Memorial Highway.”
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