Upshur S. Webb Sr., a World War II veteran and lifelong resident of Catonsville, was born the fourth of Scholley and Ada Webb's eight children, he attended Baltimore County Public Schools, graduating from the former Banneker High School in 1944. In addition to the nickname "Uppy," friends affectionately referred to Webb as "Scrap" or "Rip." While attending Hampton University, in Hampton, Virginia he was drafted into the United States Navy and completed basic training at the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Illinois where he received "The Honor Man Certificate" of his company. He spent 13 months of duty on the South Pacific islands of Guam, Okinawa and Saipan during World War II. Honorably discharged from the Navy in June 1946, Webb received military service ribbons representing the Pacific Theatre and the American Theatre, as well as a World War II Victory Medal. Following his discharge, he eventually went to work for the U.S. Department of Defense, where he remained for 33 years before retiring in 1981. His children recall that he was employed at an Army publications center in Aberdeen, Maryland and, over several years, donated eight gallons of blood through the American Red Cross Pulse Program. As a young man, Webb played baseball in the Negro Leagues and barnstormed at Banneker. Webb married Ruth Falls Johnson in Ellicott City in 1948 on her birthday, March 27. They were inseparable and when you see one, the other was close by. Ruth died in May 2006, after 58 years of marriage. A lifelong member and a Trustee Emeritus of Grace African Methodist Episcopal Church, Webb regularly attended Sunday school there and served on the Men's Usher Board, the Grace Improvement Organization and the church's Mariah Fields Scholarship Committee. He was the first commander and a charter member of the Jackson and Johnson American Legion Post 263, which was organized in 1952. He also was a "lifetime" member of Landmark Lodge 40, of the Prince Hall affiliation of Masons, a distinction representing 50 or more years of membership. He belonged also to the Hiram Consistory 2 of 32nd-degree Masons, in the Maryland Jurisdiction, and to the Martha Chapter 25 of the Order of Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliation. From 1983 to 1994, Webb served as president of the Concerned Citizens of Catonsville, was vice president of the group for many years following that period, and in 1995 was honored by Baltimore County as Humanitarian of the Year. Webb was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers Scholley, Coleman, Overture, Leon and Oscar Webb; and his sister, Thelma Webb Perkins. He is survived by a son, Upshur Webb Jr.; a daughter, Ruth LaVerne Carter, a brother, Edgar Webb among others. He died of heart failure and related conditions at age 82 at Catonsville's Manor Care nursing and rehabilitation center.