Philip Jackson Cobb

AUGUSTA -- Philip Jackson Cobb died March 15, 2012, at age 84 at the Maine Veterans' Home in Augusta. Phil was born Sept. 5, 1927, a son of Roland and Catherine Cobb, in Denmark, Maine. He was educated at George School, the University of Florida at Gainsville bachelor's of education and Rutgers University masters of education. Phil served in the U.S. Navy. He loved organized children's camps and spent more than 75 years in camping. He spent 49 loving years married to his wife, Elizabeth Betty Nawrath Cobb. Phil is survived by his daughters, Cassandra Cobb and Pamela Cobb Heuberger; his sister, Virginia Cobb Thibodeaux; and his daughter-in-law, Marsha Cobb; his grandchildren, Crystal Cobb, Jai Kells and Mike Gray; and his three great-granddaughters. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Phil's name can be made to Betty Cobb Campership Fund: CRAO, PO Box 450, Belgrade Lakes, ME 04918; or the Natural Resource Council of Maine, 3 Wade St., Augusta, ME 04330.