On October 22, 2014 at approximately 10:22 A.M. Howard County Sheriff’s Officers were notified of an apparent suicide at 143 Blue Bayou Estates west of Nashville.  When officers arrived they found William Wesley Fritts w/m dob-7/5/1947 outside of his home deceased from a single gunshot wound.  Mr. Fritts was found by a close friend who reported the incident to the officers.  Mr. Fritts was pronounced dead at the scene by the Howard County Coroner.  The incident is being investigated by the Howard County Sheriff’s Office and the Howard County Coroner’s Office. 

Sheriff Butch Morris