Mrs. Ada M. Ringgold, seventy, wife of John Ringgold, died at 5:10 p.m. yesterday at her home, 435 North St., after a five weeks' illness. She was born in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Henry and Ida M. Fairfax Burgess, and was a member of Bethel AME Church; Queen of Sheba Temple 137, IBPOE of W, and Shining Light Council. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two brothers, Robert Burgess, Lancaster, and Richard Fairfax, Washington, DC; also three sisters: Mrs. Bessie Stewart, Mrs. Dorothea Armstrong, and Mrs. Margaret E. Fry, all of Lancaster. (Lancaster New Era - Feb 1, 1954)
Mrs. Ada M. Ringgold, seventy, wife of John Ringgold, died at 5:10 p.m. yesterday at her home, 435 North St., after a five weeks' illness. She was born in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Henry and Ida M. Fairfax Burgess, and was a member of Bethel AME Church; Queen of Sheba Temple 137, IBPOE of W, and Shining Light Council. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two brothers, Robert Burgess, Lancaster, and Richard Fairfax, Washington, DC; also three sisters: Mrs. Bessie Stewart, Mrs. Dorothea Armstrong, and Mrs. Margaret E. Fry, all of Lancaster. (Lancaster New Era - Feb 1, 1954)
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