Roy M. Terry (1915-1988)

 On February 7, 1982 Roy Terry conducted his first service at the Chapel as full time minister. He and his family had been residents of Melbourne Beach since 1974. His last appearance on the pulpit was on Christmas Eve of 1987, when he led a candlelight service.

Chaplain, Major General Roy M. Terry, retired Air Force Chief of Chaplains, was a native of Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1937 with a Bachelor of Science degree and Yale University Divinity degrees in 1942. He served as pastor of the Methodist Church in Georgetown, Connecticut from 1939 to 1942. Joining the Army Air Corps in 1942, he attended Chaplain's School and then went on to Tunisia, Sicily and Italy during World War II. After the war he served in Connecticut, Alabama, the Philippines, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Maryland, the Office of the Air Force Chief of Chaplain, Japan and Colorado before he became Deputy Chief and then Chief of Air Force Chaplains.

The Roy M. Terry Center for Christian Fellowship was dedicated January 10, 1992 on the Chapel's 100th birthday.