Resolution honors him for his dedication
Bondurant
Introduced by State Rep. Alan Baker, the Alabama Legislature voted unanimously to approve a resolution recognizing former Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr.'s 19-plus years serving as the town's mayor.
"Whereas with great pride and special pleasure, we highly honor Mr. Dewey J. Bondurant, Jr., for diligently serving as the mayor of Flomaton for 19 and one half years before retiring in April, 2023," the House resolution reads."
The resolution notes Bondurant graduated from Flomaton High School in 1965 and from Auburn University in 1969.
"He was a teacher and coach at Flomaton High School, left his education career to help manage his family business and became a business and civic leader in his hometown of Flomaton," the resolution continues.
The resolution continued noting in 1984 Bondurant helped a team with the support of the mayor and town council to create Hurricane Park, which was constructed in 1985 with minimal funds from the town of Flomaton.
"In 2000, with the desire to serve the people, he was elected mayor," the resolution reads.
It notes that Bondurant, along with others, became a leader of efforts to complete the four-laning from Flomaton to Interstate 65 with the goal of making the highway a key corridor for traffic flow to the gulf coast and an important emergency escape route during hurricanes and a project that would have an important economic impact on the community.
"Against great odds, Mayor Bondurant and his team, along with supporters from Florida and cooperation of Gov. Bob Riley, the project was completed in November, 2008.
Bondurant, over the years, has said while he worked to get Highway 113 four laned from Flomaton to the interstate, there were more people like Larry Jones, J.R. Jones, Garrett Walton and Larry White that helped that dream become a reality.
"There were so many people that helped make 113 a reality," Bondurant said. "If it wasn't for them it wouldn't have happened."
The resolution also points to improvements Bondurant made to Flomaton during his tenure as mayor that included great improvements in the stormwater drainage; the construction of a new library and the construction of a new town hall.
"Through his years of service, Mayor Bondurant was known for his ability to raise funds for public use in improvements with minimal local funds," the resolution reads. "Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Alabama, that Mayor Dewey J. Bondurant, Jr., is highly honored and appreciated for his years of service and accomplishments and it is appropriate that Hurricane Park in Flomaton, Alabama, be renamed Dewey J. Bondurant, Jr., Park."
