Featured Story:  “Big Brother”

Written By: David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times

Company: J.T. Johnson’s Logging, LLC
Location: Charles City, VA
SLT Issue: November 2019

This month, in honor of Veteran’s Day, SLT pays tribute to loggers who have served in the military. Featured are brothers Linwood Johnson, a Vietnam veteran, and J.T. Johnson, who served in Germany; Danny Johnson and Hulet Moore, both Iraq veterans from 1991 and 2003, respectively.

James Thomas (J.T.) Johnson came from a family of six boys and one girl. Five of the brothers served in the military. The Johnsons have also been a family of loggers – their dad, grandfather and many of their uncles and cousins were loggers.

“Our dad logged with horses, and he planted his own garden and raised pigs and cows,” J.T. says. “We really didn’t have to worry about anything then because he was so successful at what he was doing.”