HJR107 Summary

• Names the portion of Dauphin Island Parkway from Cedar Crescent Road to Boykin Boulevard in Mobile as the William Henry Dotch Memorial Mile in honor of his community service and legacy.

• William Henry Dotch was a Mobile native who served in the U.S. Army including Vietnam service, worked as a barber, and operated Dotch Barber and Style (opened 1998) and Dotch Bar-B-Que and Sandwich Shop (opened 2008) on Dauphin Island Parkway.

• Dotch held leadership positions in Cedar Park Missionary Baptist Church, NAACP, Nonpartisan Voters League, Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association, and served as chair and president of the Mobile Barber and Cosmetology Association.

• Dotch received multiple honors including the 2008 Unsung Hero Award from the NAACP Freedom Fund, 2007 Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Partners in Education from B.C. Rain High School, and founded the Dauphin Island Parkway Christmas Parade.

• Appropriate officials are requested to place and maintain signs or markers designating the memorial mile; adopted by the House on April 16, 2019 and Senate on May 2, 2019.