Funeral services for Mary Ann (Briggs) Fritts will be held, Monday, November 4th, 2019 at 10:00 am at Reed-Culver Chapel. Her visitation will be Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 from 2:00pm until 4:00pm. She will be laid to rest at Cedar Tree Cemetery in Briggs, OK. Online condolences may be left for her family at www.reedculver.com.
Pallbearers for Mary Ann Fritts will be Willie Fritts, Billy Fritts, Nathan Hammer, Trent Johnston, Justin Holliday and Jeff Owen. Honorary pallbearers will be Steve Young, Jimmy Briggs, Mitchel Fritts, Jacob Fine, Bryon Briggs, Daren Gower, Jeff Colburn.
Mary Ann Briggs Fritts, or “Hennie,” was the daughter of Bertie Briggs and Narcissa Chair Briggs, passed away during the early morning hours of October 31, 2019 at the age of 86 years old in the holler where she grew up. Hennie loved her church and church family; she treasured being surrounded in the outdoors and especially loved fishing for perch with her old trusty cane pole. She loved gathering her wild onions, greens and mushrooms when they were in season and enjoyed sharing her gatherings with friends and family. She went to church and faithfully served the Lord Jesus Christ and loved spending time with and taking care of her family.
Mary Ann was preceded in death by parents Bertie and Narcissa, her husband Dwain “Dude” Fritts, one son David Fritts, one daughter Dana Delayne Fritts Stanley, three brothers, three sisters, nine nephews, two nieces and one great niece.
Those left to remember Mary Ann are two sons Mitchel Fritts, husband of Gay Fritts, and Billy Fritts, husband of Brandy Fritts, all of Tahlequah, two grandsons Willie Fritts of Tahlequah and Nathan Hammer, husband of Victoria Hammer of Stillwater, three grand-daughters Ashlee Fritts of Tahlequah, Britanie Fritts and fiancée Trent Johnston of Tahlequah, Kay Lynn Holliday and husband Justin Holliday of Yukon. Six great grandsons Kannon, Ethan and Brayden Holliday, Wyatt Fritts, Braxton Fritts and Jaxon Hammer, three great grand-daughters Caely “Bug”, Kaydence Johnston and Joanna Hammer and many more nieces, nephews and other family members whom she loved so dearly.
I have called thee by thy name thy art mine – a-men
