Hundreds gather to celebrate life of Mayor Ray Baker
by March 8, 2011 9:02 am 62 views
photos by Joel Rafkin
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Hundreds of Mourners gathered Monday (Mar. 7) to pay their respects to former Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker on Monday at First United Methodist located at North 15th Street. The service followed graveside interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
Baker died Mar. 4 after a long illness. Baker was mayor of Fort Smith between 1991 and 2010, and served on the Fort Smith Board of Directors for almost 10 years.
He also taught American History at Southside High School for 44 years, and taught English and geography at Ramsey Junior High School two years prior to moving to Southside. Baker was named the Arkansas Teacher of the Year, Arkansas PTA Teacher of the year, and in 1995 won the nationally prestigious Milken Family National Educator award.
Following are images from the service.
