Bertie Lucille Varnadore Melton

Bertie Lucille Varnadore Melton, 91, died Sunday, January 4, 2026, at Helms-Gordon Residential Care Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, January 8, 2026, at First Free Will Baptist Church, 790 Hawthorne Rd., Chester, SC, with Rev. Melvin Pressley officiating.  Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the cemetery immediately following the service.

Mrs. Melton was born October 9, 1934 in Chester, SC and was a daughter of the late Marion Eugene Varnadore, Sr. and Ida Wilson Varnadore.  She attended the schools of Chester County, SC and retired from Springs Industries Eureka Plant and also worked with Haddon House.  Mrs. Melton attended First Free Will Baptist Church in Chester, SC.

She is survived by three children, Billy L. Melton, Jr., Larry E. Melton and Kenneth W. Melton all of Chester, SC; eight grandchildren, Larry Melton, Jr., Casey Bianco (Richard), Shannon Melton, Kenny Melton, Jennifer Melton, Courtney Melton Hance (Justin), Billy L. Melton, III and Joshua Melton; numerous great grandchildren; several great-great grandchildren; one sister, Iva Jean Hopper of Chester, SC; Jody Thompson whom she loved a son; and numerous nieces and nephews.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Love Melton, Sr.; five sisters, Lillian Windham, Polly Hatchell, Dorothy Crouch, Diane Lipford and Joanne Varnadore; and one brother, Marion Eugene "Billy" Varnadore, Jr.

Memorials may be made to First Free Will Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1656, Chester, SC 29706.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.barronfuneralhome.com.