The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Ronnie was born March 7, 1935, to Hoyt and Valeria Gilbreath in Weinert. He and his family moved to Stanton in 1943 where Ronnie attended school and graduated from Stanton High School. He went to work for Arrington Funeral Home in Stanton while he was still in high school on Jan. 1, 1953. He then attended Dallas Institute-Gupton Jones Mortuary School.

He married Mary Lou Bland on Jan. 8, 1955, in Lueders.

Ronnie and Mary purchased the funeral home in Stanton in 1962 and served the community for 36 years. They merged the Gilbreath Funeral Home with Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home in 1998 and Ronnie continued to work in his profession. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Stanton.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Gilbreath of Stanton; one daughter and son-in-law, Rhonda and Gary Barnes of Odessa; a grandson, Joshua Barnes and wife, Emily, of Dallas; a granddaughter, Krista Barnes of Odessa; and a great-granddaughter, Rayleigh Barnes of Odessa.

He was preceded in death by one son, Ricky Gilbreath, in 1974.

The family suggests memorials to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1130, Stanton 79782. Arrangements under the direction of Gilbreath Funeral Home of Stanton. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com

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