Novel Montez Pinder

Novel Pinder, age 61, departed this life on Wednesday Jan. 29, 2025, at the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton. Novel was born on August 26, 1963, in Philadelphia, PA. He was the son of Alfonzo Brown and the late Alice Blake.

He attended Dorchester County Public Schools, graduating from Cambridge-South Dorchester High School class of 1982.

Novel worked various jobs throughout his career. He spent 22 years at Icelandic USA and the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Cambridge before retiring because of his health.

Novel married his high school sweetheart Michelle Pinder on June 29, 1999. From this union he became the proud father of two daughters Lavishe Brisco and Sharda Pinder. Novel loved spending time with his wife and daughters, family gatherings, cooking, reminiscing about the good old days, watching a good game of football, and talking trash to anyone that would challenge him about who the greatest team in the NFL was, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The one thing that brought him the greatest joy was his grandkids who affectionately called him “Rock.”

Novel loved and trusted in the Lord. He gave his life to Christ, and he would often say “I’m going to do my best and trust that God will do the rest.”

Novel is preceded in death by his Mother Alice Blake (Charles), loving daughter Sharda Pinder, Brother Shawn Pinder, grandparents James and Edna Worell and Merle and Hatti Brown, aunt Kathleen Brown and Uncle Emerson Brown, sister in-law Bonnie Henry, two brother in-laws Wade Jones and Bernard Jones.

He leaves to cherish his memory his wife Michelle Pinder of Cambridge, MD; daughter Lavishe Brisco (Francis); three grandsons Jace, Miles, and Landen Brisco; and one granddaughter Mila Brisco all of Cambridge, MD; father Alfonzo Brown of Philadelphia, PA; mother in-law Lillian Jones-Jackson; two brothers Ronnie Pinder of Cambridge, MD and Alfonzo Brown of Philadelphia, PA; four sisters Pamela Pinder of Cambridge, MD, Renita Pinder of Cambridge, MD, Alisa Pinder (Tynell) of Cambridge, MD and Erina Brown of Philadelphia, PA; sister in-law Doemetris Jones; two brothers-in-law Henry Jones and Lamont Jones all of Cambridge, MD; one aunt Clementine Clark of San Domingo, MD; a host of nieces and nephews, that he loved dearly, other relatives and friends.