Willard Eugene Upp, 94 of Radford, VA and formally Decatur IL., died Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the Radford Nursing & Rehab Center in Radford. He retired after 37 years, as State Executive Director for A.S.C.S. for the U.S. Government. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WWII. He was a member of B.P.O. #401 and American Legion Post # 105 both in Decatur, IL He was a member of Central Christian Church in Decatur, IL. and attended First Christian Church in Radford. He was preceded in death by his parents John Gerald and Hazel Moore Upp and his wife Fay Swinford Upp. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Delores Upp of Radford; granddaughter and spouse, Shannon and Kenneth Hunt of Asheville, NC; great grandson Carl Garrison Hunt. The family will have a private service in Illinois. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his name to the First Christian Church in Radford 400 Tyler Avenue Radford, VA 24141. The Upp family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford and Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home in Decatur, Illinois.