troy gentry was born on april 5, 1967, in lexington, kentucky, to patricia (née webb; 1942–2007) and lloyd gentry (1934–2017) he had a brother, keith gentry, and a sister, jana gentry eckhardt. troy graduated from lexington community college and attended the university of kentucky. gentry married angie mcclure in 1999. they had a child, kaylee, who was born in november 2002. he also had a child, taylor, from a previous marriage.he was not related to teddy gentry, bass guitarist for alabama.