Kenny was born August 30, 1956 at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. He is the son of Roy B. and Yvonne R. Jeffcoat and married Mary Helen Jones in 1979. They have 4 children. Kenny received his Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University in 1978 in Administrative Management. Upon graduation he founded Carolina Construction Company with his father and was an un-limited licensed General Contractor. In 1996 he began selling real estate and was involved in owning, developing and selling over 50,000 acres in the Southeast and Midwest, gaining experience in timber operations and mineral leases from 2005 – 2020. Kenny is currently developing single family and multi-family residential property in the upstate of SC with his father and brother-in-law, Eddie Kinsey, who joined the business in 1998.