PHIPPS, Ruby Lois, 87, of Seffner, passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018. She loved gardening, cooking and canning. Ruby raised chickens that she called her children. She could often be seen on her porch on neighborhood watch. Ruby was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, aunt and friend and will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years, Lee Phipps, and is survived by her children, Treva Nickerson (Bobby), Shirley Ann Phipps, Lee Roy Phipps, Fredrick Wayne Phipps, Dennis James Phipps, Thomas Earl Phipps, and Linda Phipps; grandchildren, Juleen Sue, Cheri and Richard Lee; great-grandchild, Courtney; great-great-grandchildren, Abagail, Joshua and Janice; and many nieces, nephews and friends. A funeral service will be on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 11 am, at Stowers Funeral Home, Brandon with family to accept friends at 10 am one hour prior to service.