She was born in Eldorado, Oklahoma on October 16, 1930 to Milton and Trixie Mills. She was married to Kenneth Nabors for 45 years.
Before her passing, she worked for Stewart and Stevenson. She served as a member of National Night Out and Citizen on Patrol. She had a passion for crafts such as crochet and sewing.
Katie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenneth Nabors, Sr.; and three children, Kenneth Nabors, Jr., Raymond Nabors, and Bonnie Bickerstaff.
She is survived by daughter-in-law, Annette Nabors and son-in-law, Tommy Bickerstaff; granddaughters, Kimberly Whigham and husband Jared, Cammie and Angela Nabors and their children, and Rhiannon Mitchell; grandsons, Robert Bickerstaff, Jason and Jeremy Eubanks, Richard Anguiano and his children; great-grandchildren, Kane and Kaleb Nabors, Kaitlyn Whigham, Justice, Cierra, and Tommy Lee Bickerstaff, Kira Mitchell, Kya Eubanks, Raymond and Mia Eubanks, and Troy; and great-great-grandchildren, Kyle Nabors, Bentlee Titus Kelly, Itzel Anguilud and Ma’lyiah Block.