Biography:COTTY, Bill [R]--(Dist. No. 79, Kershaw-Richland Cos.)-Atty./Businessman; residing at 324 Valley Springs Rd., Columbia; b. Aug. 9, 1946; s. William O. and Marie F. Cotty; g. Erskine Coll., B.A., 1969; Univ. of S.C., J.D., 1974; Dec. 26, 1969 m. Amelia Heath Dunlap, 3 children, Will, Molly, and Anne Marie; mem. and Chm., Bd. of Trustees, Richland School Dist. Two, 1986-94; Admin. Asst., U.S. Congressman Tom Gettys, 1969-71; Erskine Coll. Student Body Pres., 1968-69; mil. serv.: SCARNG, LTC (Ret.); off., Spring Valley Presbyterian Church; prev. serv. in House 1995-07.