Vicky Kerr, MD

There is so much I could say about my mother. She means so much to so many people. Many know her as the first Black female physician in Rock Hill. She cared for so many patients and families that I still cannot go anywhere without someone mentioning her as their family doctor. She was the absolute best! Our move to Rock Hill was a decision she made with great care and purpose. She wanted children, who looked like her, to know they could be a doctor or anything they set their mind to. For our community, she wanted people to not only see a Black female physician but to come to know and trust her as she worked to heal the community. She wanted to break down barriers and stigmas, and that she most certainly did. 

 

To others, she was their Girl Scout Troop leader, tutor, or mentor. To my classmates, she was the doctor and mom who always came to career day in my class and taught kids about medicine in a fun. She was a band mom and band booster,  children's choir director, and Sunday school teacher at various points in my childhood.