Jerome Dempsey Rivers

Indian Trail, NC

          Mr. Jerome Dempsey Rivers, age 84, entered into eternal rest on Monday, August 7, 2023 at his home. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Thursday, August 10, 2023 from the chapel of Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home by Brent Taylor with burial to follow in the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery with military honors. The family will greet friends from 12:00 – 1:00 PM Thursday, prior to the service at the funeral home.

          Mr. Rivers was born January 18, 1939 in the Zoar community of Chesterfield County, SC a son of the late Everette Jerome and Nathalee Tucker Rivers. He was a 1956 graduate of Chesterfield High School where he played football and was selected to play in the Tobacco Bowl. Dempsey was a U.S. Navy Veteran and a member of the S.C. Army National Guard. He was the retired owner and operator of Suburban Kitchens with over 23 years of service and a former employee of J.P. Stevens. Dempsey was a member of Zoar United Methodist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed cattle farming, hunting, and raising animals.

          In addition to his parents, Mr. Rivers was also preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Polly Jean Stroud Rivers; brother, Dee Teal Rivers; sister, Yvonne Rivers; and grandson, Christopher Thomas Rivers.

          Survivors include his children, Michael Dempsey (Melinda) Rivers of Monroe, NC, Charles Daniel (Sandy) Rivers of Chesterfield, SC, and Dee Dee (Terry) Pressley of Indian Trail, NC; grandchildren, Jacob Pressley, Catherine Danielle (Robbie) Geyer, Samantha Pressley, and Riley Michelle Rivers; great grandchild, Ezra Geyer; sisters, Teressa (Robert) Griggs of Cheraw, SC, and Mickey (Tommy) Giles of Norfolk, VA.

          Memorials may be made to the Zoar United Methodist Church “Cemetery Fund,” c/o Mrs. Helen Lang, 6170 Brock’s Mill Rd, Cheraw, SC 29520.

Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) of Chesterfield, SC is serving the Rivers family.