Carol Ann Fritz, 76

Carol Ann Fritz, age 76, of Peachtree City, Georgia, passed away on November 1, 2026, at Piedmont Fayette Hospital.

Carol was born on December 9, 1949, at Gorgas Hospital in Ancon, Panama Canal Zone, to Richard “Pat” Beall and Elizabeth Ann Zent. She grew up in the Canal Zone and graduated from Cristobal High School in 1968, a place and community that would remain an important part of her life for many years to come.

Following high school, Carol moved to Florida with her son, Warren. In August 1976, she married Gene S. Fritz while he was stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Carol and Gene shared 50 years of marriage and a life together that took them to Fort Walton Beach, Florida; Nashua, New Hampshire; and Marietta, Georgia, where they lived for 10 years, before settling in Peachtree City, their home for the past 35 years.

Carol was artistic and creative and had a lifelong love of art, drawing, cooking, and homemaking. She particularly enjoyed Southwestern and Panamanian art and became an avid collector of both. Carol loved her home and filled it with art, keepsakes, and memorable treasures gathered during a lifetime of travel.

As the wife of a military pilot and later a Delta Air Lines pilot, Carol had the opportunity to travel extensively. She loved experiencing new places, and many of those travels were reflected in the home she so carefully created.

Her connection to the Panama Canal Zone remained especially important throughout her life. Carol treasured the many reunions she attended with fellow Canal Zone retirees and their families, renewing old friendships, sharing memories, and maintaining bonds that stretched back to her childhood.

Carol also had a keen interest in politics and community affairs. She put that interest into public service as a member of the Peachtree City Council from 1997 to 2001.

Carol is survived by her husband of 50 years, Gene S. Fritz of Peachtree City; her son, Warren M. Bell of Senoia, Georgia; her grandchildren, Ryan Bell and Britney Ford of California; her great-grandson, Vincent Ford; and her two younger brothers, Richard W. Beall of Clearwater, Florida, and Robert G. Beall of Newnan, Georgia.