Katie eventually remarried. At 84 years old, on Sunday, July 3, 1994, she died in a local hospital as Katie Starks Sutton. Her funeral was held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6. She was survived by her husband, Forrest Sutton, three sisters (Gertie Starks and Lois Russell of Texarkana, and Mary Johnson of Houston, Texas), and a number of nieces and nephews. She was buried next to Virgil, and is now between both husbands. She was the retired office manager of American Optical and a member of the First United Methodist Church.