Class of 1921

Birth: 2 Jun 1902, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 25 Mar 1984, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Parents:
Paul Barringer (1850-1925)
Alice Eva Ann Foil Barringer (1865-1902)

Siblings:
George Richter Barringer (1884-1948)
Othar Alvin Barringer (1886-1950)
Katherine Foil Barringer Wall (1887-1978)
Mary Christina Barringer Splude (1890-1983)
Lillie Alice Barringer Gulley (1894-1961)
Lawson Herman Barringer (1899-1976)

Burial: Saint James Reformed Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #31261279

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Greensboro News and Record (Greensboro, NC),  Mar 1984, p.5.

MISS RUTH BARRINGER

NASHVILLE – Miss Ruth Elizabeth Barringer, 81, formerly of Randleman, died Sunday.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Saint James United Church in Mount Pleasant, where she was amember.

She was a native of Mount Pleasant and a retired school teacher.

There are no immediate survivors.

Friends will be at Johnson Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. today.

Memorials may be made to the church of the charity of the donor’s choice.

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One Hundred Years at St. James, 1894-1994: A Collection of History and Memories in Celebration of the Centennial Year, compiled by Elizabeth Swaringer, 1994, p. 38. https://divinityarchive.com/.

“What I remember about St. James is driving my grandmother (Mary Barringer Splude) and Aunt Ruth (Barringer) down from Randleman, N.C., over 20 years ago. I would ask someone to wake me early because I always fooled around for so long, everyone was in the car and I was running out, half dressed. Aunt Ruth had the trip timed down to the minute, but liked to leave enough time to stop and say ‘Hello’ to her brother Herman and his family before arriving at Sunday School where she taught. She taught young people, especially me, practically all her life. After church, we would return to Herman’s for the best Sunday dinners.

Alexander Riddel III

“My Aunt Ruth Barringer’s blue eyes would sparkle as she recalled the wonder of Christmas morning at St. James. She told of how all in the church would gather around the decorated Christmas tree at a very early hour in the fellowship hall of the church. Santa Claus came at this time for the children and for Ruth, from preschool to maybe 8 or 9 years of age, gettinga Christmas bag from Santa was exciting. In the bag were oranges, bananas, apples, grapes and nuts, things that were not as readily available then as today. Also, each child got a small gift, but to Ruth the fruit was the best. It was a time of blessings and warm Christian fellowship…

…”There is moreover a memory I will cherish forever — the celebration of the life of Ruth Barringer, my aunt. The church opened its doors and its heart the day of her funeral providing a meal for us who came from afar, enabling us to have fellowship, to remember, to cry, to be glad, to love. The lovely church service of remembrance was guided by not one but three ministers sharing their walk with Ruth and her church, reminding us of her caring life. It was her church that gave her support, guidance and love all her life. The celebration provided for us, her family, the beginning of healing.”
Florence Splude Riddel