Dru Darby is a native of Spartanburg, and a member of the Spartanburg High School Class of 1993. He studied Education at Gardner Webb University and USC-Spartanburg.

He has a wife of five years, Shannon, who is also from Spartanburg. They have a baby girl, Blair, who is four months old. He has been a member at Westminster since 1995 and has been on staff since 2000.