Mr. Logan Thompson Robertson, Jr.

Logan T. Robertson, Jr., of Tryon, NC passed away peacefully Friday, May 6, 2011 after a long illness. Born June 6, 1946, in Asheville, NC, he was the only son of the late Logan T. and Evelyn Elizabeth Radeker Robertson. Logan was an enterprising, driven and impulsive young man. Family lore tells of him, as a child, presenting the then residing Vice President Nixon with a covered box of frogs and being promptly hauled off by Secret Service agents and of how he once surprised Billy Graham with a tree frog in the pastor's coffee cup. By the age of fifteen, he had already started his first company. A lover of the outdoors and fan of physical labor, he cleared lands for roadways, removed stumps from marsh lands, felled trees and prepped resin saturated kindling for sale teaching himself the ways of nature and business. In the late 1960's Logan started his first building construction company, Logan Construction, Inc in Asheville. As a general contractor and woodworker, he built and restored many structures throughout the Asheville area. He was known to be an honest and fair employer and during more difficult economic times, he would create work for his crew at his own residence rather than send them home without pay. Many a man called him their friend and appreciated his straight forward way. In addition to running construction companies in North Carolina and New York City, he loved to create business opportunities in challenging and beautiful areas ranging from Central America to the Caribbean Islands. Throughout his successful career as a builder, investor and entrepreneur he was always driven to explore and experience the unusual. In everything he did, Logan was an adventurous, thrill seeking, risk taker who pushed his physical limits. He was a generous, expressive, caring and charismatic man whose unorthodox humor would shock as well as entertain. To others, he appeared fearless and was described as "ten foot tall and bullet proof". No matter the adversity, physical or otherwise, he approached it with limitless determination. His survivors include his wife, Beverly Taylor Robertson; three children, Logan S. Robertson, Ashley Robertson Diaz and August Nicolai (Nico) Field; three step-children, Jack Ray, Pamela Zivari and Blake Ray; sisters, Laura (Lollie) Robertson, Lillian (Happy) Dobbs and Amorette Robertson; six grandchildren and four step-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; and close family friends Susan Kendall and Larry Wilson. A memorial service will be held 3:00 PM, Friday, May 27, 2011 in the Chapel of Morris Funeral Home, 304 Merrimon Avenue with Dr. Jordan V. “Buddy” Corbin officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to The Rathbun Center of Asheville, 121 Sherwood Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Morris Funeral Home, 304 Merrimon Avenue is in charge of arrangements. Condolences and memories may be shared through the website http://www.morrisfamilyfuneralhome.com and via the Facebook group "In Memory of Logan T. Robertson, Jr."

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Mr. Logan Thompson Robertson, Jr.

June 6, 1946 - May 6, 2011