Cleaning Man

Hello everyone, my name is Tom Gentry, better known as the "Mr Clean." I am married to Joyce Gentry (the love of my life.) We have been married almost 2 years and have 2 sons, 1 daughter and four grandchildren. Oh I almost forgot, I have 2 daughters. I forget about Jennifer who also works for TLC. (ha, ha) I am very proud of my newly acquired family and truly love them especially around the holidays but some ear plugs would be nice.

I was first introduced to Joyce and TLC while working for Terminix. I had been in the pest control business for several years. One day our office received a call concerning an ant problem at the Portland TLC location. The original sales guy did not want to drive from Nashville to Portland so I volunteered. I met with Joyce, explained the problem and eventually made the sale. I did several follow ups and met with Joyce each time. Next thing I knew we were dating, I met her family and we got married. Just think, if it hadn't been for ants we may have never met! Thanks to Glenda Fowler, retired TLC RT, we had a nice groom's cake in the shape of an ant (the Disney one) at our reception.

I joined TLC in Feb '08 after being retired for 5 days. Joyce asked me to help out for a couple weeks to get the cleaning caught up. In March I became a full time employee and with that came the title "The Cleaning Man." It's a very interesting job and I do enjoy working with all the TLC employees and being part of such a great company.

Each day we should strive to be happy and be thankful for all we have accomplished in life. We must keep our priorities in order; God, family and job. Have a great day!