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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 28, 2021

Martha Pearl Cobb of Maryville died Dec. 22 at the age of age 91. Cobb taught economics, government, legal issues, world history and psychology in the Alcoa School System for 40 years. Among her many honors, she was president of the Alcoa Education Association, a liaison to the Tennessee State Board of Education and the Tennessee Department of Education’s Teacher of the Year finalist. She also received the Tennessee Bar Association’s previously-awarded honor recognizing a high school teacher for promoting understanding of the legal system. Donations may be made to the Blount Memorial Hospital Foundation, 907 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy., Maryville, TN 37801, or to the Blount County Retired Teachers Associations’ Scholarship Fund, 853 Summer Hill Dr., Friendsville, TN 37737.