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- MOUNTAIN CITY — William Barton 'Bart' Fritts, age 76, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Johnson County Community Hospital.
He was born on June 14, 1935 to the late Oscar and Nell Wagner Fritts.
In addition to his parents, Bart was preceded in death by his first wife, Teresa Fritts, and a brother, Glenn Fritts.
Bart was a former United States Postal Chief and was a Vietnam Veteran having served in the United States Marine Corp. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Bart is survived by his wife, Edith Fritts; daughter and son-in-law, Bernadette and Leon Humphrey of Watauga, TN; grandchildren: Robert McIntyre and wife Crystal, Tiffany Crawford and Leon Humphrey Jr., all of Elizabethton, TN and Vance Crawford and wife Jessica of Telford, TN, Virginia Andes of Greeneville, SC; great grandchildren: Dominic, Jaden, Jaren, Elijah, Brianna and Jacob Carter.
The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 p.m. on Monday, January 2, 2012 at Mountain City Funeral Home Chapel with the funeral service to follow at 8:00 p.m. with Pastor Ricky Campbell and Pastor Norm Reece to officiate.
Graveside Service and Interment with Military Honors will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Dyson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery and will be accorded by the Johnson County Honor Guard, who will also be serving as active pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers are the men of John Payne's Sunday School Class: John Payne, Ray Payne, James Lefler, Sonny Roberts, Jim Vincill, Bob Miller, Jim Bishop, Farris Thomas, Pat Greene, Dannie Dunn, Blaine Stout, Tony Cardi, Carnis Crotty, Todd Grayson, Bruce Wilson and all of Bart's Hardee's Friends with whom he ate breakfast with and visited with every morning.
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