Jayne McNeil Phillips, 65, died Oct. 29, 2009.  She was born in Plymouth on Dec. 2, 1943.  She graduated from Duxbury High School in 1961 and from the University of Massachusetts in 1965.  After teaching school for six years, she received her master’s Degree in Education from Bridgewater State College in 1971.  In 2003 she received her Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.  In 2006 she became a National Board Certified Teacher.  In 1971, Mrs. Phillips joined the Army as a first lieutenant and left the Army in 1975 as a captain to devote her time to her husband and children.  She moved to Jacksonville, Fla. with her husband in 1996.  Beginning in 1998, she taught English for 12 years at the Peterson Academy of Technologies, where she was the 2008 Teacher of the Year.

Mrs. Phillips was the daughter of the late Henry McNeil and mother of the late Timothy Phillips.  She leaves her husband of 35 years, Christopher Phillips; her son, Jeffrey Phillips; her daughter, Jennifer Phillips; her mother, Elizabeth McNeil; her brother, Michael McNeil; her sister, Beth McMahon; and her brother-in-law, Peter McMahon.  A funeral mass was held on Monday, Nov. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla.