Widow of Rep. sam Stratton dies
The widow of US Rep. Samuel Stratton and mother of Schenectady Mayor Brian U. Stratton died early this morning, according to Mayor Stratton.
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who was at the center of a media frenzy in 2003 after revealing she was Sen. Strom Thurmond's secret Black daughter, has died of natural causes at the age of 87 in Whiterock, South Carolina, on Feb. 4.