George M. "Buddy" Webb, 81, died recently in the morning of Jan. 9, at Hospice of the Upstate, The Rainey House, in Anderson, South Carolina.
George was born in Lithonia, GA, on Jan. 1, 1941, He was known as a talented musician, designer, and amateur sailor as well as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He learned to play the clarinet in junior high school and that opened the door to a lifelong love of music, first he played the saxophone for the Lithonia High School band and dance band. He then began playing for several extraordinary years as an in-demand saxophonist who toured and recorded with several bands, including the Four Upsetters. His time with the Four Upsetters began when they discovered him playing at a night club while he was a University of Kentucky student. They convinced him to take a time-out from his studies to go on the road with them.
While with The Four Upsetters, they recorded for the legendary Sun Records in Memphis, TN. The band traveled the country doing their own shows as well as playing backup for many famous recording artists across several musical genres. Ultimately, they landed with Jerry Lee Lewis .and recording with him. George holds the distinction of being the only saxophone player ever to have a solo on a recording with Lewis on the song "Teenage Letter". The song has been featured on several albums and compilations.
In 1963, George left the band to serve in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army for two years. After the war he returned to school at the University of Kentucky and Morehead University in Morehead, KY.
In 1969, he joined McGraw Hill Publishing Company as an architectural reporter in Charlotte, NC. He remained with McGraw Hill holding many positions in several of the company's locations, including Minneapolis, MN, and Houston, TX. In 1985, he started a career with Mako ComAir as a design engineer in Ocala, FL, where he designed compressed air transfer units.
He and his wife, Judy, retired at Broadway Lake in Anderson, SC, where he pursued his love of the water and boating that he had enjoyed years before as an amateur sailor on Upstate South Carolina lakes and in Florida, where he sailed and raced his classic Flying Dutchman sailboat. He participated in the Broadway Lake community and took up golfing in his later years so that he could practice with his youngest daughter, Morgan Webb. She went on to play collegiate golf on scholarship, and he wryly observed that she "had it."
He and his wife, Judy Butler Webb had 56 years together. He is also survived by his daughters, Gina Webb Kenney (Rob), of Lyman, SC, and Morgan Butler Webb, of Anderson, SC; sons, Stephen Butler Webb, of Greenville, SC, and David Christopher Webb, of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren, Louden and Sawyer of Atlanta, GA; sister, Jane W. Clifford (Gordon), of Anderson, SC; brother-in-law, Scott Baker (Kym), of Nashville, TN; niece, Jan Clifford Stephens (Chase) of Atlanta, GA; great nephew, Nate Stephens, of Atlanta, GA; also his special friends: Allen, Jackie, Sheila, Anne, Dennis and Kermit.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Janet Franklin Webb Smith, and stepfather, Hoke Smith, of Lithonia, GA.
There will be a memorial service hosted by the family at a later date. Mr. Webb will be interred at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson, South Carolina.
The Standard Cremation & Funeral Center is serving the Webb family.
George was born in Lithonia, GA, on Jan. 1, 1941, He was known as a talented musician, designer, and amateur sailor as well as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He learned to play the clarinet in junior high school and that opened the door to a lifelong love of music, first he played the saxophone for the Lithonia High School band and dance band. He then began playing for several extraordinary years as an in-demand saxophonist who toured and recorded with several bands, including the Four Upsetters. His time with the Four Upsetters began when they discovered him playing at a night club while he was a University of Kentucky student. They convinced him to take a time-out from his studies to go on the road with them.
While with The Four Upsetters, they recorded for the legendary Sun Records in Memphis, TN. The band traveled the country doing their own shows as well as playing backup for many famous recording artists across several musical genres. Ultimately, they landed with Jerry Lee Lewis .and recording with him. George holds the distinction of being the only saxophone player ever to have a solo on a recording with Lewis on the song "Teenage Letter". The song has been featured on several albums and compilations.
In 1963, George left the band to serve in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army for two years. After the war he returned to school at the University of Kentucky and Morehead University in Morehead, KY.
In 1969, he joined McGraw Hill Publishing Company as an architectural reporter in Charlotte, NC. He remained with McGraw Hill holding many positions in several of the company's locations, including Minneapolis, MN, and Houston, TX. In 1985, he started a career with Mako ComAir as a design engineer in Ocala, FL, where he designed compressed air transfer units.
He and his wife, Judy, retired at Broadway Lake in Anderson, SC, where he pursued his love of the water and boating that he had enjoyed years before as an amateur sailor on Upstate South Carolina lakes and in Florida, where he sailed and raced his classic Flying Dutchman sailboat. He participated in the Broadway Lake community and took up golfing in his later years so that he could practice with his youngest daughter, Morgan Webb. She went on to play collegiate golf on scholarship, and he wryly observed that she "had it."
He and his wife, Judy Butler Webb had 56 years together. He is also survived by his daughters, Gina Webb Kenney (Rob), of Lyman, SC, and Morgan Butler Webb, of Anderson, SC; sons, Stephen Butler Webb, of Greenville, SC, and David Christopher Webb, of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren, Louden and Sawyer of Atlanta, GA; sister, Jane W. Clifford (Gordon), of Anderson, SC; brother-in-law, Scott Baker (Kym), of Nashville, TN; niece, Jan Clifford Stephens (Chase) of Atlanta, GA; great nephew, Nate Stephens, of Atlanta, GA; also his special friends: Allen, Jackie, Sheila, Anne, Dennis and Kermit.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Janet Franklin Webb Smith, and stepfather, Hoke Smith, of Lithonia, GA.
There will be a memorial service hosted by the family at a later date. Mr. Webb will be interred at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson, South Carolina.
The Standard Cremation & Funeral Center is serving the Webb family.
George M. "Buddy" Webb, 81, died recently in the morning of Jan. 9, at Hospice of the Upstate, The Rainey House, in Anderson, South Carolina.
George was born in Lithonia, GA, on Jan. 1, 1941, He was known as a talented musician, designer, and amateur sailor as well as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He learned to play the clarinet in junior high school and that opened the door to a lifelong love of music, first he played the saxophone for the Lithonia High School band and dance band. He then began playing for several extraordinary years as an in-demand saxophonist who toured and recorded with several bands, including the Four Upsetters. His time with the Four Upsetters began when they discovered him playing at a night club while he was a University of Kentucky student. They convinced him to take a time-out from his studies to go on the road with them.
While with The Four Upsetters, they recorded for the legendary Sun Records in Memphis, TN. The band traveled the country doing their own shows as well as playing backup for many famous recording artists across several musical genres. Ultimately, they landed with Jerry Lee Lewis .and recording with him. George holds the distinction of being the only saxophone player ever to have a solo on a recording with Lewis on the song "Teenage Letter". The song has been featured on several albums and compilations.
In 1963, George left the band to serve in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army for two years. After the war he returned to school at the University of Kentucky and Morehead University in Morehead, KY.
In 1969, he joined McGraw Hill Publishing Company as an architectural reporter in Charlotte, NC. He remained with McGraw Hill holding many positions in several of the company's locations, including Minneapolis, MN, and Houston, TX. In 1985, he started a career with Mako ComAir as a design engineer in Ocala, FL, where he designed compressed air transfer units.
He and his wife, Judy, retired at Broadway Lake in Anderson, SC, where he pursued his love of the water and boating that he had enjoyed years before as an amateur sailor on Upstate South Carolina lakes and in Florida, where he sailed and raced his classic Flying Dutchman sailboat. He participated in the Broadway Lake community and took up golfing in his later years so that he could practice with his youngest daughter, Morgan Webb. She went on to play collegiate golf on scholarship, and he wryly observed that she "had it."
He and his wife, Judy Butler Webb had 56 years together. He is also survived by his daughters, Gina Webb Kenney (Rob), of Lyman, SC, and Morgan Butler Webb, of Anderson, SC; sons, Stephen Butler Webb, of Greenville, SC, and David Christopher Webb, of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren, Louden and Sawyer of Atlanta, GA; sister, Jane W. Clifford (Gordon), of Anderson, SC; brother-in-law, Scott Baker (Kym), of Nashville, TN; niece, Jan Clifford Stephens (Chase) of Atlanta, GA; great nephew, Nate Stephens, of Atlanta, GA; also his special friends: Allen, Jackie, Sheila, Anne, Dennis and Kermit.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Janet Franklin Webb Smith, and stepfather, Hoke Smith, of Lithonia, GA.
There will be a memorial service hosted by the family at a later date. Mr. Webb will be interred at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson, South Carolina.
The Standard Cremation & Funeral Center is serving the Webb family.
George was born in Lithonia, GA, on Jan. 1, 1941, He was known as a talented musician, designer, and amateur sailor as well as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He learned to play the clarinet in junior high school and that opened the door to a lifelong love of music, first he played the saxophone for the Lithonia High School band and dance band. He then began playing for several extraordinary years as an in-demand saxophonist who toured and recorded with several bands, including the Four Upsetters. His time with the Four Upsetters began when they discovered him playing at a night club while he was a University of Kentucky student. They convinced him to take a time-out from his studies to go on the road with them.
While with The Four Upsetters, they recorded for the legendary Sun Records in Memphis, TN. The band traveled the country doing their own shows as well as playing backup for many famous recording artists across several musical genres. Ultimately, they landed with Jerry Lee Lewis .and recording with him. George holds the distinction of being the only saxophone player ever to have a solo on a recording with Lewis on the song "Teenage Letter". The song has been featured on several albums and compilations.
In 1963, George left the band to serve in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army for two years. After the war he returned to school at the University of Kentucky and Morehead University in Morehead, KY.
In 1969, he joined McGraw Hill Publishing Company as an architectural reporter in Charlotte, NC. He remained with McGraw Hill holding many positions in several of the company's locations, including Minneapolis, MN, and Houston, TX. In 1985, he started a career with Mako ComAir as a design engineer in Ocala, FL, where he designed compressed air transfer units.
He and his wife, Judy, retired at Broadway Lake in Anderson, SC, where he pursued his love of the water and boating that he had enjoyed years before as an amateur sailor on Upstate South Carolina lakes and in Florida, where he sailed and raced his classic Flying Dutchman sailboat. He participated in the Broadway Lake community and took up golfing in his later years so that he could practice with his youngest daughter, Morgan Webb. She went on to play collegiate golf on scholarship, and he wryly observed that she "had it."
He and his wife, Judy Butler Webb had 56 years together. He is also survived by his daughters, Gina Webb Kenney (Rob), of Lyman, SC, and Morgan Butler Webb, of Anderson, SC; sons, Stephen Butler Webb, of Greenville, SC, and David Christopher Webb, of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren, Louden and Sawyer of Atlanta, GA; sister, Jane W. Clifford (Gordon), of Anderson, SC; brother-in-law, Scott Baker (Kym), of Nashville, TN; niece, Jan Clifford Stephens (Chase) of Atlanta, GA; great nephew, Nate Stephens, of Atlanta, GA; also his special friends: Allen, Jackie, Sheila, Anne, Dennis and Kermit.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Janet Franklin Webb Smith, and stepfather, Hoke Smith, of Lithonia, GA.
There will be a memorial service hosted by the family at a later date. Mr. Webb will be interred at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson, South Carolina.
The Standard Cremation & Funeral Center is serving the Webb family.
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