Fr. Hills received his BA from the University of South Carolina and his PhD from Florida State and his M.Div from the University of the South in 1990.  He has served in various capacities at St. John’s, Florence, St. Paul’s, Conway and St. Matthew’s, St. Matthew’s before coming to St. Stephen’s in 2005. 

He was a professor at the College of Charleston for 16 years, 14 of which as the chairman of the Health and Physical Education Department.  Fr. Roy retired and opened Roy’s Fix-It Shop for woodwork and repairs.  He and his wife Elizabeth have two (2) daughters, Amy and Susan, as well as two grandsons, Isaac and Simon.