(ROCKWALL, TX – July 5, 2020) Current and former residents of Rockwall are planning to address City Council on Monday, July 6 to request a name change for Rockwall’s pool at Gloria Williams Park, which is located just south of the Rockwall Post Office.
Dwight Dabney, son of the late Ruby Jewel Dabney, along with surviving family members and friends, will bring a petition which, at the time of this writing, has 1,192 signatures, requesting Council to name the pool in honor of Dwight’s mother.
A press release sent out by organizers stated the following:
The City of Rockwall currently owns and operates two public swimming pools. “Municipal Pool”, located just east of the town square at Harry Myers Park and “Southside Pool”, located just south of the Post Office at Gloria Williams Park.
For over twenty years, Southside Pool (which has historically served the close-knit surrounding African American community) was managed by the late Rockwall native Mrs. Ruby Jewel Dabney.
On Monday, her son Dwight Dabney will lead the surviving family and friends accompanied with a petition of over 950 signatures from current and former Rockwall residents, to request the City Council rename this pool in his mother’s honor.
If approved, Ruby Dabney will join Gloria Williams as the second public facility named after an African American within the city.
For petition details or to add your name, please visit https://www.change.org/p/city-of-rockwall-texas-change-southside-pool-name-to-ruby-dabney-pool.
Date: Monday, July 6, 2020
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Rockwall City Hall
385 South Goliad
Rockwall, TX 75087
Blue Ribbon News staff report. Press release submitted by Randall Bryant.
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