HJR17 Summary

• Alabama House Joint Resolution mourning the death of Mr. John H. Dorrill, Jr., who died on January 28, 2020, at age 90 in Montgomery, Alabama.

• Mr. Dorrill had a 43-year career with the Alabama Farmers Federation beginning in June 1955, serving as Area Organization Director, lobbyist, and Executive Director, and helped establish major agricultural programs including the Boll Weevil Eradication Program and Dairy Marketing Association.

• He received the Alabama Farmers Federation Special Service to Agriculture Award in 2003 and was inducted into Auburn University's Alabama Agriculture Hall of Fame in 2006.

• Mr. Dorrill was an active community member serving as President of Pike County Farmers Federation, Supervisor of Pike County Soil and Water Conservation District, and District Governor of Alabama District Kiwanis International.

• He is survived by his wife Carol Anderson Dorrill, three children (John H. Dorrill III, Lee A. Dorrill, and Rachel Dorrill Batrez), and six grandchildren; the resolution was adopted by the House on February 25, 2020, and the Senate on March 3, 2020.