He was born in Advance, MO and raised in Indiana, the son of Charles Denbow and the late Faye Hodge Denbow. He attended schools in Chester County. Jerry worked at International Paper and on a Riverboat and later in construction work in Tennessee and Florida. He had been disabled for several years. He made his home in the Masseyville Community in Chester County for the past fifteen years. He was a member of the Mitchell Chapel Baptist Church. Jerry loved the outdoors especially fishing. He is survived by a son; Shay Denbow and his wife Kelly of Finger; two grandchildren, Aaron Denbow and Addison Denbow; his father, Charles Denbow of Masseyville; two brothers, Calvin Denbow and his wife Jan of Henderson and Steve Denbow and his wife Ann of Jacks Creek; a sister, Rita Stack of Bethel Springs.