Bonnie Adams Campbell died on Sept 10, 2024 in Spartanburg, S.C. after struggling with lung and coronary issues caused by exposure to toxins after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. She was 65.

The daughter of the late Richard and Lorraine Adams of Provincetown, Bonnie was born on Feb. 6, 1959 in Pascagoula, Miss. Because of her father’s military service and employment with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the family relocated often. When he retired, he and Lorraine returned to Provincetown.

Bonnie graduated from Pascagoula High School in 1977, and the following year she married James Campbell. They divorced in 1985, and Bonnie moved to Provincetown in 1986 to join her sisters and their children, who lived together in a house on Bradford Street.

Bonnie lived life on her own terms and was known for her boisterous attitude and charismatic personality, said her niece Apryl Shenk. She worked as a cosmetologist and for a time ran a landscaping business in Hollywood, Fla.

When the Twin Towers were attacked on Sept. 11, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help with search, rescue, and recovery. “Her work was very hands-on,” Apryl said. “She had to get into the rubble, and she was exposed to awful toxins in the air. She never felt the same ever since.”

Bonnie moved back and forth between Provincetown, where her mother increasingly required care, and Arizona, where she found some relief from the stress on her lungs. She was joined by her life partner, Lou, whom she met in New York in 2001.

Between 2002 and 2015 Bonnie worked as a parking attendant at the Pilgrim Monument and in local retail. During the financial crisis, she also served on the Provincetown Economic Council in 2008 and 2009. Lou worked for Ace Hardware.

Bonnie’s last residence was with Lou and her dogs in Spartanburg.

She is survived by four nieces and nephews: Apryl Shenk of Truro, Ted Soobitsky of Jamaica, Vt., Christina Enos of Truro, and Michael Turner of Colorado; five great-nieces and -nephews: Aurora Shaw of Brewster, Leandra Wallick of Yarmouth, Devyn Enos of Truro, Kyle Enos of Truro, and Samantha Soobitsky of Jamaica, Vt.; one great-great-niece, Miranda Elliot of Yarmouth; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

She was predeceased by her sisters, Sandra Turner and Cynthia Adams.

Interment of her ashes will be private.