[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF MAYOR BILL BAKER

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 16, 2025

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
retirement of William John ``Bill'' Baker, mayor of the City of 
Piedmont, Alabama.
  Bill was born in Far Rockaway, New York, to Edna McCracken Baker and 
Fred Stephenson Baker on October 27, 1949. He was awarded the Eagle 
Scout Award for Troop 501 in June 1962. He graduated from Piedmont High 
School in 1967 and graduated from Jacksonville State University with a 
Bachelor of Science degree in 1973.
  After graduation, he worked at the Department of Human Resources as a 
social worker for 36 years. He also worked at Piedmont Health Care 
Center as the Alzheimer's Coordinator and Activity Director after his 
retirement from DHR.
  Mayor Baker was awarded a State of Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of 
Fame Civic Award in 2008 and received the Piedmont Journal Citizen of 
the Year award in 2013.
  Mayor Baker has served the City of Piedmont since 1988, when he was 
first elected to city council. He was appointed mayor August 4, 1996, 
after the death of Mayor Vera Stewart and served until October 7, 1996. 
Bill was appointed to the city council on November 15, 1999, after the 
resignation of Councilman Rick Freeman. He continued to serve on the 
council until October of 2013. He was appointed Mayor of Piedmont on 
October 4, 2013, after Mayor Rick Freeman resigned. He was reelected as 
mayor in 2016 and 2020.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing my friend, Mayor Bill 
Baker, and thanking him for his service to the City of Piedmont. 
Congratulations.

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