PHILIP A. CROCKETT

Philip A. Crockett Commander Philip A. Crockett, US Navy (Retired), D.M.D., passed away January 29, 2010 in Jacksonville, FL. He was 59. A celebration of Dr. Crockett's life will be held at the Mayport Chapel (Building 350 Massey Avenue, Naval Station May-port, FL 32228) at noon on Friday, February 5, 2010. Philip Anthony Crockett was born in Ardmore, OK, on March 7, 1950. As a child he lived in Arlington, TX, Headland, AL and Dothan, AL and graduated from Dothan High School in 1968. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduated in 1972, and served four years in the US Army. In 1982 he married Olivia Ann Campbell of Athens, AL. He earned an M.S. degree in zoology from Auburn University in 1983. Dr. Crockett graduated from dental school at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, AL in 1985. In 1988 he joined the US Navy as a dental officer, and retired in 2008. During his naval career he was stationed in Jacksonville, FL several times, where he served on the USS Forrestal, the USS John F. Kennedy and the dental clinic at Naval Station Mayport. From 2008 until his death, Dr. Crockett practiced as a civil service dentist in the medical clinic at Naval Station May-port. He was a member of the American Dental Association and a number of other professional organizations. Dr. Crockett was preceded in death by his father, David Williams Crockett. He is survived by his wife, Olivia; his mother, Emily Sue Crockett of Dothan, AL; a brother, Dr. Frank T. Crockett and his wife, Olivia, of Dothan; two sisters, Dr. Melissa Crockett Northam of Dothan and Jennifer Crockett Joyner and her husband, Cliff, of Dothan; three aunts, Peggy Livingston and husband, David, of Headland, AL, Frances Crockett Frear of Pittsburgh, PA and Martha Crockett de Garcia-Llort of Barcelona, Spain; his mother and father-in-law, Juanita and Mack Campbell of Athens, AL; his sister and brother-in-law, John G. and Carolyn Mengelson of Tampa, FL, nine nieces and nephews, Thomas Crockett, Catherine Crockett, Elizabeth Crockett, James Crockett, John Crockett, Emily Joyner, Rachel Shunnarah, Ann Mengelson, and Elizabeth Mengelson and several cousins. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Audubon Society, either on-line at (www.audubon.org) or by mail National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10014 Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home of Jacksonville Beach, FL (904) 249-2374, is in charge of arrangements. Sign the guest book at www.dothaneagle.com