When Finley Perry was born on 1 September 1937, in South Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States, his father, Leonard Perry, was 37 and his mother, Nancy Savannah Metcalf, was 34. He lived in Magisterial District 3 Station Camp, Estill, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 27 October 2009, in Salem, Washington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salem, Washington, Indiana, United States.