Post 29 Marietta, Georgia
Post 29
Marietta, Georgia
About This Post
Post Namesake
Horace Orr Post 29 was originally chartered as Black Jack Post 29 on September 29,1919. The post was named for nearby Black Jack Mountain and the light artillery maneuvers conducted there throughout World War I. The name was permanently changed to Horace Orr Post 29 at the general membership meeting on April 26, 1922
Notable Members
George Osborne was Department of Georgia Commander 1956-1957. He was Department Adjutant 1957-1958. He was Horace Orr Post 29 Post Commander 1958-1959. From 1959-1987, for 28 continuous years - the longest term of office, he was Department Adjutant.
Before coming to Marietta Post 29, George Osborne was Post Commander for Rockmart Post 12 in 1946-1947, 1948-1949, and 1949-1950.
Photos
Post 29 Donates $90,000 to Three Veterans' Charities 08-02-2018
2018-2019 Officer Installations 07-11-2018
Queen of Hearts 06-12-2018
4th Annual Veterans Memorial 5k Race 05-26-2018
Banks and Shane at the Strand 05-09-2018
Post 29 ALR Poker Run - 04-14-2018
Flag Crematorium Dedicated 04-07-2018
Braves Opening - 03-29-2018
St. Patrick's Day Party 03-17-2018
21st Memorial Charity Golf Tournament 09-18-2017
DOG Fall Conference 10-10-2016
DOG Spring Conference 03-27-16
HISTORY
1910
"Blackjack" Post Chartered 29 Sep 1919 has 24 charter members
Sep 1919
The American Legion, Temporary Headquarters, 19 West 44th Street, New York, NY gave a charter to "Black Jack" Post, State of Georgia, No. 29, Marietta GA on the 29th day of September, 1919.
Charter members were:
L. L. Blair
George Goumas
Guy H. Northcutt
L. W. Camp
L. M. Blair
J. S. Roberts
Leon T. McCollum
Norman Collins
Claude W. Haynes
H. N. Johnson
Warren E. Benson
Edgar..
Post Commander 1919-1921: Arthur Lyons Crowe, Sr. - First Commander & Charter Member
Sep 1919
Birth: 16 October 1892
Death: 24 January 1963 (aged 70)
Burial: Mountain View Partk Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, GA
Plot: A-263
INSCRIPTION: A FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED SON
HUSBAND AND FATHER
Memorial ID: 69472112 Find A Grave
Family Members:
Siblings: Sister - Mrs. Flora Whitmire of Eau Gaillie, Fla
Brother - W. A. Crowe, Jr.
Spouse: Edith Hudgins Crowe (1849-1992)
Children: Arthur Lyions Crowe (1924-2009), born..
Charter Member Dr. Warren Edgar Benson
Sep 5, 1919
Birth: 14 December 1887
Death: 21 April 1928 (aged 40)
Burial: Marietta City Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 20600764
Family Members:
Parents: John Donald Benson (1851-1922)
Mary Ann Frances Brantley Benson (1853-1941)
Siblings: John Augusrus Benson (1873-1960)
William Luther Benson (1877-1936)
Robert Lee Benson (1878-1944)
Alma Catherine Benson Brooks (1883-1973)
Mary Boyd Benbson Moor (1889-1974)
Spouse: Regina Elizabeth Rambo Benson (1887-1969)
Married before 1920
Children: Warren..
Charter Member Dr. Leslie Lenton Blair
Sep 6, 1919
Birth: 1 December 1888
Marietta, Cobb County, Geogia, USA
Death: 13 April 1932 (aged 43)
Burial: Mountain View Park Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Plot A-141
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 64642242
Family Members:
Parents: Daniel Webster Blair (1859-1926)
Irene I. Blair (1865)
Siblings: George E. Blair (1886)
Willie Mae Blair (1891)
Daniel..
Charter Member Leon McKenzie Blair
Sep 7, 1919
Birth: 22 June 1895
Death: 2 July 1964 (aged 69)
Burial: Saint James Episcopal Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 108682811
Family Members:
Spouse: Julien Hudgins Blair (1902-1995)
Children: Daniel McKenzie Blair (1927-1990)
Leon McKenzie "Rip" Blair was an attorney and the Mayor of Marietta from 1938 to 1947. (Took office 9/7/38)
Charter Member Charlie C. Brown
Sep 8, 1919
Birth: 22 March 1891
Death: 4 January 1921 (aged 29)
Burial: Kennesaw City Cemetery
Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Plot 131
Inscription: 1ST DIV 18th INF
M/SUP SGT
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 1068855490
Charter Member Charlie W. Brown
Sep 9, 1919
Birth: 11 February 1896
Death: 17 October 1958 (aged 62)
Burial: Marietta National Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Plot N, O, 4500-K
Inscription: GEORGIA
PVT QMC
WORLD WAR I
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 418799
Charter Member Frank Carpenter Bunting
Sep 10, 1919
Birth: 22 August 1892
Death: 27 April 1970 (aged 77)
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Royston, Franklin County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 140590247
Family Members:
Spouse: Lillian Louise Bond Bunting (1894-1994)
Charter Member Lindley Wayland Camp
Sep 11, 1919
Birth: 20 December 1892
Death: 22 April 1947 (aged 54)
Burial: Powder Springs Methodist Cemetery
Powder Springs, Cobb Coubnty, Georgia
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 41474481
Family Members:
Parents: Price Wayland Camp (1866-1926)
Louella Lindley Camp (1869-1915)
Charter Member Norman H. Collins
Sep 12, 1919
Birth: 3 May 1887
Death: 2 January 1969 (aged 81)
Burial: Saint James Episcopal Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 107984477
Family Members:
Spouse: Jeanette Black Collins (1896-1990)
Charter Member Jesse Glenn Giles
Sep 14, 1919
Birth: 24 April 1882
Death: 16March 1966 (aged 83)
Burial: Marietta National Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Plot A, 10316-A
Inscription: GEORGIA
MAJOR
US ARMY
WORLD WAR I & II
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 3949710
Family Members:
Spouse: Ruby Hargis Giles (1889-1970)
Children: Infant Giles
Charter Member George Goumas
Sep 15, 1919
Birth: 15 October 1891
Death: 3 July 1960 (aged 68)
Burial: Barrancas National Cemetery
Pensecola, Escambia Coubnty, Florida, USA
Plot 27 0 21
Inscription: PFC, US ARMY
WORLD WAR I
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
PURPLE HEART
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 94080293
Family Members:
Spouse: Emma Stell Goumas (1887-1984)
Children: Dorothy E. Goumas
and another daughter
CITATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AWARD:
George Goumas, Private First Class, Company B, 307th Field Signal..
Charter Member John. H. "Johnnie" Griffith
Sep 16, 1919
Birth: 1887
Death: 3 April 1961 (aged 73-74)
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia
Plot: Section B, Block 2
Memorial ID: Find-A-Grave 35312765
Charter Member Claude W. Hayes
Sep 17, 1919
Birth: 3 August 1884
Bradley County, Tennessee
Death: September 23, 1927
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Plot: Section A, Column 16, Lot #13 grave #1
Memorial ID: Find-A-Grave 196243790
World War One Veteran
Wife: Cleo C. Hayes Hacker
Occupation: Soda Jerker, Drug Store
Charter Member William Tate Holland Sr.
Sep 18, 1919
Birth: 17 July 1891
Death: 25 April 1957
Burial: Marietta City Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 90428934
Family Members:
Children: William Tate Holland (1925-2015)
Charter Member Phillip B. Holland
Sep 19, 1919
Birth: 18 April 1896
Death: 24 December 1940
Burial: San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot Ection EW Site 636
Inscription: GEORGIA
PVT I A
CENTRAL OFFICER
TRAINING CH
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 3530269
Charter Member Hoyt Newton Johnson
Sep 20, 1919
Birth: 4 May 1890
Death: 28 September 1969 (aged 79)
Burial: Mountain View Park Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Inscription: GEORGIA
PVT 307 AMMO TRAIN
WORLD WAR i
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 24201822
Charter Member Milton Austin McCleskey
Sep 21, 1919
Birth: 26 June 1888
Death: 21 September 1955 (aged 67)
Burial: Marietta City Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 18109062
Family Members:
Parents: Milton Turk McCleskey
Henrietta Josephine Spruill McCLeskey
Spouses: Elsie Alice Thompson McCleskey
Ruth Hathaway Shepherd McCleskey
He married Elsie Alice Thompson on 24 December 1933 in Marietta, Georgia. She died 25 October 1937. She was buried in Washington DC in Glenwood Cemetery,
He married Ruth Hathaway Shepherd..
Charter Member Leon Thompson McCollum
Sep 22, 1919
Birth: 1895
Death: 1984 (aged 88-89)
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 36278229
Family Members:
Spouse: Mary Roberts McCollum (1897-1995)
Charter Member Eugene Egbert McNeel
Sep 23, 1919
Birth: 12 November 1898
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Death: 13 December 1954 (aged 56)
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Burial: Mountain View Park Cemetery
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Plot A-354
Memorial ID: Find A Grave Memorial 69005566
Family Members:
Parents: Morgan Louis McNeel (1873-1944)
Ada Egberta Freyer McNeel (1875-1959)
Siblings: Morgan Louis McNeel (1896-1973
Francis Fryer McNeel (1900-1960)
Spouse: Louise Inman McNeel (1903-1982)
Children: Eugene E. McNeel (1925-1994)
Brought home..
