The Rev. Dr. Lloyd Stephenson Hindman, 84, of Denton, Texas, died Thursday, September 3, 1998, in Denton. He attended Burgettstown public schools and was a 1935 graduate of Washington and Jefferson College and a 1938 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister on May 19, 1938. The Rev. Dr. Hindman served as pastor of Presbyterian congregations in Maryland, West Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and Texas, and he served as a missionary for three-year terms in Korea and Thailand. He retired from active ministry in 1976. The Rev. Dr. Hindman was a part-time chaplain at Denton Good Samaritan Retirement Village and held various interim pastorates in Texas. He was a member of Denton Kiwanis Club, for which he served as president in 1984. He served as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy for 34 years, including World War II. He retired from the Naval Reserves as a captain. Surviving are his wife, Billie McReynolds Pierce Hindman, whom he married in 1966; a stepdaughter, Patricia Raney of Denton; three daughters, Carolyn Brown of Iowa City, Iowa, Betsy Foster of Forest Grove, Ore., and Amy Hindman of LaConnor, Wash.; two sons, Steve Hindman of Denton and Paul Hindman of Boulder, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. His first wife, Bertha Wigman Hindman, whom he married in 1938, died in 1964. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church of Denton. Arrangements were handled by Mulkey-Mason/Jack Schmitz and Son Funeral Home, 705 North Locust Street, Denton. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Monday, September 7, 1998Lloyd S. Hindman
U.S. Navy vet, Presbyterian minister and missionary
He was born April 3, 1914, in Cross Creek, a son of Dr. and Mrs. A.O. Hindman.