Pinderhughes Family Correspondence (Ms.2024.018)

Biographical/Historical Note

Sargent Lloyd Armistead "Stevie" Pinderhughes was born on 1918 July 3 in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the son of Denard James Pinderhughes Sr. (1888-abt 1950) and Florence Elizabeth Tolliver (1895-1984). His father was born in Church Creek, Maryland and by 1900 located to Providence, Rhode Island. The elder Pinderhughes was listed as working as a chauffeur for a private family in the 1940 Census. Lloyd was working as a floor man in a public garage in 1940 before going into military service. The family name appears to have been "Hughes" before turning to Pinderhughes after the marriage of James Lloyd Hughes (1857-1941) and Joanna Pinder (1861-1916), thegrandparents of Lloyd. The Hughes' appear to have been a free family of farmers in Dorchester County, Maryland going back to the 18th Century. Lloyd had at least three siblings: Denard James "Jimmie" Pinderhughes Jr (1913-2012), who also served in World War II; another brother Alfred Pinderhughes (1920-2008), and a sister Florence "Elizabeth" Pinderhughes.

Lloyd graduated from Hope High School, in Providence, Rhode Island in 1938 and was an All-American track star. Lloyd served in the US Army during World War II and was a member of Co. A 385th Engineers Batalion and served in France. After the war, he was a well-respected track coach at Brown University and other schools for many years. He worked at Wayland Manor in Providence, Rhode Island as a professional painter for 35 years. He also worked for Brown University's Department of Facilities Management. Lloyd married Bertha Wilson and together they had at least two children: Michael C.Pinderhughes, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Zenobia "Nap" S.Pinderhughes-Reis, of East Providence, Rhode Island. Lloyd was a longtime resident of Grosvenor Avenue. Lloyd died on 2016 March 3 in East Providence, Rhode Island and was buried at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, Rhode Island. He was 97 years old.

Lloyd's brother, Corporal Denard James "Jimmie" Pinderhughes, served in World War II as a member of the 224th M.P. Company in the U.S. Navy. He received military police training at Fort Custer, Michigan, before being stationed in the South Pacific. In 1938, he relocated to Washington, D.C., where he met and married Rosa C. Thomas, with whom he had two daughters, Dianne M. Pinderhughes and Gayle E. Pinderhughes. Following his service in the Philippines during World War II, Denard returned to Washington D.C. and took up a position with the U.S. Post Office. By 1949, the family settled into their home on Bangor Street SE, where Denard and Rosa would spend the rest of their lives. After retiring in 1972 from his role as a motor vehicles safety officer for the Post Office, he embarked on a second career as a supplies buyer for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing thrift, efficiency, and adherence to procedures. Denard passed away on July 23, 2012, at the age of 99, and was laid to rest at Resurrection Cemetery in Clinton, Prince George's County, Maryland.