K.T. “Kate” McKee, former copy editor and staff writer at The Blackshear Times, passed away Saturday morning, Aug. 27, after a long battle with cancer. She was 59.
McKee served on the staff of The Times for the past year, focusing mainly on feature stories and editing copy.
“K.T. was great at story telling and had a command of grammar that served her well and made her sharp as both a writer and a copy editor,” said Times News Editor Jason Deal. “We will miss her.”
Prior to moving to Patterson a couple of years ago, McKee was an award-winning, veteran journalist and editor from Alaska who also served as an English teacher both there and in Colorado.
McKee also held management positions with nonprofits in Wasilla, AK, worked with the disabled and was the city government reporter at the daily Rome News-Tribune in Rome.
Memorialization was by cremation. In keeping with McKee’s wishes, no services will be held.
