Merrill honors Baker

Representative given highest 'Gold Medallion'

State Rep. Alan Baker was awarded the National Association Of Secretaries of State (NASS) Gold Medallion Award Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 by Alabama State Secretary John Merrill at the courthouse in Brewton, Ala.

Baker served 27 years as in public education as a teacher and coach, where he acquired 10 state championships, five in football and five in track, and was honorably inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Association's Hall of Fame and retired in 2005. He was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2006, representing District 66 and participating actively in the Local Legis...