Michael Andrew Fritts, son of the late Dorothy Fritts, was born on November 28, 1950, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on October 28, 2022, at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri, at the age of 71 years.

Mr. Fritts was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. He was a former mechanic, carpenter, and machinist. He attended First Baptist Church in Bernie, Missouri and was a resident of Bernie. He was a life member of the Veterans of the Vietnam War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Disabled American Veterans.

He is survived by his brother, Richard Fritts and wife Emma of Graniteville, South Carolina.

Other than by his mother, he was preceded in death by one sister in infancy.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Thursday, November 3, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Gary Gilbert and Rev. Ivan Mekan officiating.

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery with Full Military Honors.

Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie is assisting with arrangements.