[NC] 1947 said-suicide of Katie Wayne, Deputy Sheriff's wife

Deputy Sheriff L. R. (Lathal Randolph) Wayne reported that his wife Katie Brown Council Wayne, 40, shot and killed herself on  27 June 1947 with a .38 caliber pistol.
Katie had been Postmistress of Lake Waccamaw /Columbus County for four years.
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