Martha Ellen Gilbreath, 93, of Hewitt, formerly of Gatesville, went to be with her Heavenly Father Monday, April 22, 2013. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Friday, April 26, at Eastwood Baptist Church in Gatesville with the Rev. Mark Wible officiating. Burial will follow at Restland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, April 25, at Scott's Funeral Home.

Martha was born in the vanished community of Seattle, Coryell County, Texas, now a part of Ft. Hood, to the late Robert and Margaret Ray Wolff. She grew up in Flat and graduated from Flat High School. Martha married Jim Gilbreath on Feb. 17, 1940. She resided in Hamilton for 20 years and Gatesville for 41 years. She and her husband purchased Black's Grocery in 1968 and she continued to operate it as Sure Save Grocery for several years.

Martha taught Sunday school for over 50 years. She delivered Meals on Wheels until she was 85 years old, and also had a nursing home ministry for over 40 years. Martha loved to sing, play the piano, read the Bible, write poetry, sew, and quilt.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim, on Jan. 28, 1971; infant son, Ronald Ned Gilbreath; son-in-law, Hugh W. Davis; brothers, Ernest, Roy, Johnnie, Doyle, and Cotton Wolff; and sisters, Jessie McKamie, Gussie Fuller, Mae Clinard, Rhoda Brown, and Gladys Matthews.

Martha is survived by her daughters, Jimmie Davis, of Hewitt, and Jeanie Johnson and husband, Tom, also of Hewitt; sister, Violetta Whitson and husband, Robert, of Georgetown; sisters-in-law, Martha Sue Gilbreath, and Jane Rainer and husband, Tom "Connie"; grandchildren, Lisa Davis, of Lewisville, Blake Davis and wife, Jenny, of Justin, Cole Davis and wife, Patty, of Rhome, Jordan Johnson and wife, Tiffany, of Waco, and Jalayne Rinewalt and husband, Jeff, of Hewitt; great-grandchildren, Makynzie, Sydney and Ethan Davis of Rhome and Kyndal and Jonah Rinewalt of Hewitt; many nieces and nephews; and a multitude of friends.

Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/24/2013...J12