ROME - Veteran journalist Katherine Elliott Barnwell McRae, whose career included a 17 years with The Atlanta Constitution and The Atlanta Journal, died Friday of natural causes. She was 81. <br>
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A native of Rome, McRae graduated from journalism school at the University of Missouri and went on to work as a reporter and science editor for the Atlanta newspaper. <br>
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While in Atlanta, she met and married newspaperman Tom McRae. <br>
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McRae also served as a correspondent for the Canadian news service Physicians Radio Network, covering medical news in the United States and wrote sports stories for The Refresher, Coca-Cola's trading magazine, where she was also an editor. <br>
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Services will be held Tuesday. Survivors include a sister, Lilla Livingston Barnwell of Rome. <br>
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