Ruby Pauline Zeller

Dayton, MD resident and McMinnville, TN native, Ruby Pauline Zeller, age 95, was born January 18, 1927 and died May 15, 2022. She was an LPN who loved the nursing profession, her friends, her family and God. She greeted everyone with, “Bless your heart and the rest of your body.” We will miss those blessings. The family and friends grieve her passing. She lived life to the fullest and she was a loving and giving person to the end. Mrs. Zeller is preceded in death by her parents, Anthony Payton Tittsworth and Minnie Lela Roller Johnson; her siblings, Houston Brown Cantrell, Onie Mai Cantrell, Mary Agnes Greenwood, Vergie Lee Mantooth, Julis Webb Johnson, Fred Tittsworth, Emily Tittsworth, Emily Jones, James Monroe Tittsworth, Martha Corville, Anthony Payton Tittsworth, Jr., and her husband, Howard Lafayette Zeller. She is survived by, sister, Joyce Vaughn of McMinnville, TN; children, Ocean Meir, Madison, WI, Sally Witherspoon, Brentwood, TN, David Rackley, Baltimore, MD, grandchildren, Dawn McKenna, Mattoon, IL, Victor Brown, Baltimore, MD, Rick Gillentine, Cookeville, TN and Mike Gillentine, Smyrna, TN; great-grandchildren, Victor Brown, Jr., Bristol, TN, Tylor Brown, Baltimore, MD, Brittny Brown, Baltimore, MD, Nicholas McCormick, Edmonds, WA, Amy Meir, Charleston, IL, Zach Gillentine, Tullahoma, TN, Sally Grace Gillentine, Cookeville, TN, Lauren Gillentine, Cookeville, TN, Breanna Thomas, Clarksville, TN and Britney Knowles, Camp LeJune, NC; great-great grandchildren, Damien Ashley, Kaia McCormick, Isabella Sophia Brown, Victor Brown III, Garion Morris, Meagan Hocut and Denver Gillentine; nieces and nephew, Diane Tittsworth Colter, Connie Tittsworth Fuller, Barbara Tittsworth Moody, Joan Cantrell Noga, Steve Cantrell, Kathy Vaughn and Leta Vaughn Glenn. She had many friends throughout her life, they were like family and just to name a few, June, Mrs. Lovelace, the staff at Elternhaus, who loving took care of her the last year of her life, Tim, Charilyn, Corrine, John, Sam, and the rest, thank you. She donated her body to further medical knowledge. She asked in lieu of flowers, that a donation be made to the Seventh - Day Adventist Christian School, 215 Bluff Springs Rd., McMinnville, TN, 37110. Mrs. Zeller will be buried in the Baltimore National Cemetery on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.