Terry L. Martin

On the Feast of Pentecost, June 5, 2022, The Reverend Terry L.  Martin passed away suddenly and wholly unexpectedly but very peacefully in his sleep at his home in Hammonton, NJ.  He leaves behind his wife, Cherie Calletta Martin, daughters Michelle Martin Juri (Matthew), Chrissy Martin Barba (Chris), and sons Paul and Kenneth Martin.  Also surviving him are his grandchildren Jordan (Aurelia), Kaylie, Aidan, Tanner, Trevor, Lily, James, and Jackson and one great-granddaughter Brooklyn. Terry spent his life in the service of his family and his church in the Episcopal priesthood.  He graduated from the Anglo-Catholic Episcopal seminary of Nashota House in Wisconsin and was very proud to be “a son of the House.”   Consequently, his skill at conducting the Episcopal liturgy was absolute meticulous perfection, and proper, carefully executed liturgy was his passion. 

He also loved books and would frequently say “I’m a reader!”  He exulted in a good story in a movie or a book.   He relished writing things himself and telling his own stories.  His latest hobby was gardening, and he turned his backyard into a mini farm of vegetables and flowers.  He will be missed by his church, his children, grandchildren, and former parishioners, but most of all by his closest companion and only confidante, his wife Cherie.  May he rest in peace and rise in eternal glory on this Day of Pentecost, the birthday of the church, and Terry’s own birthday in his new life of the hereafter.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his visitation June 24^th, 2022 at 1:00pm at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 1 Hartford Rd, Medford, NJ 08055. Funeral services will follow at 2:00pm. Internment of ashes will be at 4:00pm at Greenmount Cemetery 124 S 1^st Rd. Hammonton, NJ 08037.