On April 29, 2019, her niece Lauren Braxton, older brother Michael Conrad Braxton Jr.'s daughter, passed away from heroin and fentanyl intoxication at age 24.
Traci Braxton passed away from esophageal cancer on March 12, 2022, only three weeks away from what would have been her 51st birthday on April 2.
Survived by her husband Kevin Surrat Sr., her son Kevin Surrat Jr., her nephews Logan Vincent Herbert, Denim Cole Braxton-Lewis and Diezel Ky Braxton-Lewis, and her grandson Kevin Surrat III.