Grand Ole Opry to Host Life Service for Troy Gentry
Organisers plan to stream event online
The home of Country Music, The Grand Ole Opry, have revealed plans for a Life Service to mark the death of Troy Gentry, from the popular country duo, ‘Montgomery Gentry’. This will take place on Thursday 14th September at 11am (4pm GMT).
If you’re not in the locality, you can still view the service via an online stream on the Opry’s website. A private ceremony for close family and relatives will follow afterwards.
Gentry died last Friday in a freak helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey, the duo had been booked to play in the nearby Flying W Airport and resort.
Since the crash, the duo’s record label; ‘Average Joes’ revealed that the band had been planning a brand new album for 2018 to mark their 20th anniversary together. In 2009 the guys became members of the Grand Ole Opry, which Gentry called his ‘proudest professional achievement’.