James Thomas Logan Jr, 70, of Danville passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at North Logan Manner Nursing Home in Danville.A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m on Friday, April 10, 2020 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel in Urbana.

James was born on September 17, 1949 in Urbana, IL to parents James Thomas Logan Sr and Ruth Ann (Seth) Logan. They preceded him in death.He is survived by his daughter, Paula Lilly of Elliott, his Brother, Jack (Sharon) Logan of Rantoul, and his sister, Karen Mathis of Urbana, IL.

James was a graduate of Urbana high school. He loved trains and Nascar. As a young boy he would hear a train whistle and run to see the trains go by, even if he was in the middle of eating dinner! He was a member of various train clubs and traveled the United States to see train conventions.  James proudly served in the U.S Army and spent a year in Vietnam during the war. The first three months James worked as a cook. Then, during the last nine months in Vietnam, he was a heavy equipment operator and was promoted to Specialist 4th Class. In the years after he worked at Cracker Barrel maintaining the building and keeping up his hobbies.

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