She attended Gary High School and graduated in 1969, where she played her favorite sport basketball. She attended Gardner Webb University and later attended Northeastern Technical College where she graduated with an AA Degree in 1994. She was employed at various jobs over the years including Wachovia Bank, Winn Dixie, Delta Mills and after 30 years retired from Crown Cork & Seal.
She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, baking, dancing, listening to music, traveling, fast cars, riding motorcycles and various other activities.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Nathaniel Townsend, Howard Melton and Johnny Melton.
Bronnie leaves to cherish loving memories: her daughter, Angela A. Bostic, Brandon, FL; her son, Herman C. Harrington, Columbia, SC; four grandchildren (which she looked at as her own), Costangela D. Ellerbe, Columbia, SC, Haywood J. (Courtney) Ellerbe, Cheraw, SC and Costanzo P. Ellerbe, Jr., Myrtle Beach, SC, Gernai’ C. Johnson, Brandon, FL; six great-grandchildren, her sister Barbara Jean Melton, Chesterfield, SC; one aunt, Ruth Ann Pegues, Chesterfield, SC; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Her best friend/sister, Kathleen Johnson, Houston, TX and best friend, Lucille Bethea, Baltimore, MD.
The Homegoing Services will be on Sunday, April 16, 2023, 3:00pm, in the Chapel of Smith's Funeral Home, 604 Salisbury Street, Wadesboro, North Carolina. Interment will be in the Melton Family Cemetery.