Carmen Vence Rivers Obituary
With profound sadness, we say goodbye to Carmen Vence Rivers of Johns Island, South Carolina, whose vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Carmen left this world on September 14, 2025 at the age of 87, leaving a void in the lives of so many people. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Carmen Vence Rivers to show support.
As we bid Carmen farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Carmen is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jose Vence Garcia of Galicia, Spain. and Paz Iglesias Villaravid of Galicia, Spain.; and her husband Henry F. Rivers of Johns Island. She is survived by: her children, Henry F. Rivers (Pam) of Chapel Hill, NC, Rebecca Rivers Bent (John) of Bronxville, NY and Carolina Rivers Vence (Stuart Van Meter) of Hendersonville, NC. She is also survived by three grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
