Chesterfield-James City-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brothers, James David January 30, 1981
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Saturday, January 31, 1981
J. D. Brothers Dies; Trucking Consultant
    J. David Brothers, 63, of 300 Ridge Road, an international transportation 
consultant and former president of the American Trucking Association, died 
yesterday in a local hospital.
     A native of Chesterfield County, Mr. Brothers owned and operated a local 
trucking firm, New Dixie Lines Inc., for about 25 years.  He had worked for a 
Richmond-based trucking firm before buying the rights of a North Carolina firm 
and building it into a company with $9 million a year in sales.
     He pioneered a program of paying drivers bonuses for safe driving while 
expanding the operations of the firm as far south as Georgia.  The business 
was sold in 1969 to Hemingway Transport Inc. of New Bedford, Mass.
     While operating the trucking firm, he served a term as President of the 
Virginia Highway Users Association and was vice president of the American 
Trucking Association in 1967, president in 1968 and chairman of the board in 
1969.
     He moved to the Tabbs Creek area of Lancaster County where, he became a 
major figure in efforts to preserve the rual character of the county.  He led 
the first successful campaign against a proposal to dredge an area of the 
creek he lived on and pushed for development of subdivision laws.
     For four years, he headed the county committee that supervised the rules 
he helped develop and he also was among those who wrote the zoning rules for 
the county.  He moved back to Richmond last year.
     Mr. Brothers also became a consultant for Wilbur Smith Associates of 
Columbia, S.C., and traveled widely in Latin America and North Africa to 
advise countries on truck and rail development.
     He was a member of the Country Club of Virgnia, the Princess Anne County 
Club of Virginia Beach and the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond.
     He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane Clark Brothers; two daughters, Mrs. 
Jane S. Ludwig of Salem and Mrs. Barbara Duncan of Williamsburg; and three 
brothers and three sisters.
     Funeal arrangement were incomplete last night.
     The family requests that memorial contributions be made either to First 
Presbyterian Church in Richmond or to Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church in 
Weems.

Additional Comments:
James David Brothers was born 13 Jul 1917 in Chesterfield County, the son of 
John David Brothers and Tidie May Johnson Kirks.  His father was born in 
Burgaw, North Carolina.  His mother was the daughter of William Ross and 
Mildred Johnson of Prince George County, VA.  Tidie May Johnson was first 
married to George H. Kirks.  John David Brothers and Tidie May Johnson Kirks 
were married 21 Aug 1916 in Richmond, VA. His interment was in Hollywood 
Cemetery.   

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