Birth: 31 October 1920, Bartow County, Georgia
Death: 27 August 2007 (aged 86)
Burial: Kennesaw Memorial Park
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
INSCRIPTION: MM1/C US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
Memorial ID: Find A Grave: 81115728
Family Members:
Parents: Frank A. Osborne (1901-1963)
Lula C. Osborne (1902-1989)
Siblings: Madge Osborne Clark
Harold Osborne
Cecil Osborne
Spouse: Virginia York Osborne (1919-1999)
Children: Gioia Elizabeth Osborne (1942-1978)
Bio: [The Atlanta Journal Constitution August 28, 2007]
He graduated from Taylorsville High School and attended the University of Kansas.
Mr. Osborne was a graduate of Lockheed Management School and Attended Woodrow Wilson Law School. His professional expreience extended from licensed funeral director at Freeman Harris Funeral Home to sales, public relations, and management in the aircraft industry. Mr. Osborne was a veteran having served in the U.S. Navy during WWII aboard the USS Naifeh in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, South Pacific, Phillippines and Okinawa.
He was a member of The American Legion since January of 1946 having served as Commander of Rockmart Post 12 for three years and Commander of Marietta Post 29 for one year.
American Legion Highlights:
Department Jr. Vice Commander - July 20, 1952 to July 12, 1953
National Membership and Post Activities Member 1952-1963
Department Boys State Chairman January 7, 1955 to July 17, 1955
Department Sr. Vice Commander July 17, 1955 to July 22, 1956
Department Commander July 22, 1956 to July 21, 1957
Department Adjutant July 21, 1957 to November 1, 1957, 1959-1960 to 1988-1987
Post Commander Rockmart Post 12 - 1946-1947
Post Commander Rockmart Post 12 - 1948-1949
Post Commander Rockmart Post 12 - 1949-1950
Post Commander Marietta Post 29 - 1958-1959
Department Adjutant July 22, 1960 to September 1, 1987
National Military Affairs Committee Member 1964-1967
National Convention Advisory Board Member 1967-1987
National Convention Commission Ex-Officio Member 1969-1970
National Counter-Subversive Activities Committee Member 1972-1973
Department Convention Chairman July 18, 1976 to September 21, 1987
National Resolution Assignment Committee Member 1987-1999
Affiliations:
Editor of the Georgia Legionnaire with a monthly circulation of almost 50,000
Administrative Director of American Legion Georgia Boys State
Secretary and Director of the Veterans Life Insurance Company
Member of American Legion Press Association
Civic Highlights:
Director of Physicians and Educators Life Insurance Company
