Kathy Rosalie Clay-Little began her life's journey on December 29, 1950 in Ardmore, OK. She was a naturally inquisitive child with a passion for reading across many genres as well as spending any spare moment perfecting her wordsmithing skills by exploring encyclopedias and dictionaries. Kathy found Christ at an early age and was an active member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Woodford, OK where she presided over both the Junior Choir and Junior Mission. In 1969 she graduated as Valedictorian from Springer High School in Springer, OK. During high school her many accomplishments included president of the Beta Club, member of the Oklahoma Honor Society, nominee for Who's Who in America, member of the yearbook staff, editor of the school newspaper and statistics keeper for the basketball teams. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK in 1974 with an emphasis on broadcasting sales and management. While at OSU she was a member of the Burning Black Choir, the Black Student Union, a broadcaster for the student radio station and was first introduced to social activism as a proud participant in the Black Student Union-led boycott in 1971.

Kathy relocated to San Antonio in 1980 and became an active and dedicated member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church serving as president of the Senior Choir and Assistant Youth Leader. She was employed by broadcasting companies for over twenty years before transitioning to print media. Kathy was founder and publisher of African-American Reflections newspaper and president and founder of Kat C Communications Public Relations and Marketing. She was a frequent guest commentator on local radio talk programs and was a highly respected community leader sought for comment and input by the mainstream media. In 2002 she became the first and only African American newspaper publisher to serve as an editorial columnist with the San Antonio Express News, a position she held until her passing. 

Kathy was the KSJL 810 AM community liaison for over ten years, producing and hosting the weekly radio program Community Roundtable as well as producing KSJL’s Community Focus public affairs program. She also produced the annual KSJL Radiothon to benefit the East Side Boys and Girls Club and the Davis-Scott YMCA for more than ten years making it possible for over 30,000 underprivileged youth to participate in the organizations summer programs. She directed San Antonio’s first ever African-American Community History Project, exhibit and conference in November 2005. In addition to serving on several political candidate forums, Kathy also lectured on The Impact of Media Images on African-Americans in American Society, African-American Women in American Society - Past and Present, African-American Women: the Nation’s Shock Absorbers and The Relevance of Black History to Modern Day Society at Trinity University, St. Mary’s University, Northwest Vista College and the University of Texas at San Antonio, as well as for private companies.

Kathy also produced and moderated the 2005 Mayoral Candidates’ Forum on The Environment and the Minority Community for Earth Day Network and the NAACP National Voter Fund. She had prominent roles in planning the community forum on African-Americans and the Media with KLRN public television, working with the Office of the President at the University of Texas at San Antonio on the new African-American Studies minor and other issues relating to African-American students and faculty. In 2007 and continuing over the next four years, she produced the first ever African American event on the famed San Antonio River called Juneteenth on the River, a historical and music celebration of Juneteenth. One of her proudest moments was her forum “A Community Conversation on Education” that she produced in 2009.

Kathy was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Women's Enterprises' Small Business of the Year Northside Business and Professional Women's Club’s San Antonio Woman to Watch YMCA Minority Businesswoman of the Year and has been honored twice by the San Antonio Branch NAACP for Excellence in Journalism and will posthumously receive an award from the NAACP on October 28, 2011. 

Kathy ended her earthly journey on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 after a two and a half year war on cancer with her oncologist and now friend, Dr. Kevin Hall. The eldest of six daughters, she was preceded in death by her beloved parents Elmon and Beatrice Clay and sister Mary Ann. She leaves to cherish her memory her three children, Ilisayh P. Little, Phyllis A. Little and Karama K. (Pharoah) Mathis; her nine grandchildren - Ashley M. Little, Jared L. Knighton, Terrance L. Scott, Ambriana N. Clay-Little, Norman C. Little, Ayanna K. Johnson, Elton R. Williams, Makayla B. Robinson and Evan P. Mathis; her sisters, Naomi F. (Lanny) Roberts, Linda (Marshall) Clay-Carr, Ethel K. (Malcolm) Williams and Teresa J. Brown and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.