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| succeeded=[[Robert T. Tobin]]
| succeeded=[[Robert T. Tobin]]
| birth_date=July 4, 1939
| birth_date=July 4, 1939
| death_date=
| death_date=March 29, 2024 (aged 84)
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| death_place=Minden, Louisiana
| resting_place=Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden
| birth_place=Minden, Louisiana
| occupation=[[Educator]]
| occupation=[[Educator]]
| spouse= Cecilia O'Rear Byars
| spouse= Cecilia O'Rear Byars
| residence=[[Beaumont]], [[Texas]]
| residence=[[Beaumont]], [[Texas]]
}}
}}
'''Noel Eugene Byars, Sr.,''' known as '''Gene Byars''' (born July 4, 1939), is a retired [[educator]] from Beaumont, [[Texas]],<ref>Yahoo People Search.</ref> who served from 1982 to 1989 as the [[mayor]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the seat of government for Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Byars was recalled on January 21, 1989, at the midway point of his second term through a citizens' initiative after it was revealed that he had charged the city for personal expenses on his municipal credit card.
'''Noel Eugene Byars, Sr.,''' known as '''Gene Byars''' (July 4, 1939 – March 28, 2024) was an [[educator]] from Beaumont, [[Texas]],<ref>Yahoo People Search.</ref> who served from 1982 to 1989 as the [[mayor]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the seat of government for Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Byars was recalled on January 21, 1989, at the midway point of his second term through a citizens' initiative after it was revealed that he had charged the city for personal expenses on his municipal credit card.
==Background==
==Background==
Byars' legal troubles corresponded with two other developments in city government. Felony theft charges stemming from the questionable accounting of $500 in city expenses were brought against Police Chief Chester Adcock.<ref>"Adcock back on job, claiming innocence", ''Minden Press-Herald'', September 1, 1988, p. 1.</ref> City clerk Lydianne Scallorn, later Lydianne Hammons, was removed from her position on accusation of having approved bids without council consent. The city council also removed supervisory authority from the clerk's position.<ref>"City clerk's post stripped of power", ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 28, 1988, p. 1.</ref><ref>Marilyn Miller, "Scallorn: 'I'll fight with public's help'", ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 30, 1988, p. 1.</ref><ref>"Scallorn fired as city clerk", ''Minden Press-Herald'', January 11, 1989, p. 1.</ref> In 1992, Scallorn received a $225,000 settlement from the city, which chose to pay the judgment rendered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, rather than to appeal.<ref>Jeff Benson, "City will pay ex-clerk $225,000 in settlement", ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 13, 1992, p. 1.</ref>
Byars' legal troubles corresponded with two other developments in city government. Felony theft charges stemming from the questionable accounting of $500 in city expenses were brought against Police Chief Chester Adcock.<ref>"Adcock back on job, claiming innocence", ''Minden Press-Herald'', September 1, 1988, p. 1.</ref> City clerk Lydianne Scallorn, later Lydianne Hammons, was removed from her position on accusation of having approved bids without council consent. The city council also removed supervisory authority from the clerk's position.<ref>"City clerk's post stripped of power", ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 28, 1988, p. 1.</ref><ref>Marilyn Miller, "Scallorn: 'I'll fight with public's help'", ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 30, 1988, p. 1.</ref><ref>"Scallorn fired as city clerk", ''Minden Press-Herald'', January 11, 1989, p. 1.</ref> In 1992, Scallorn received a $225,000 settlement from the city, which chose to pay the judgment rendered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, rather than to appeal.<ref>Jeff Benson, "City will pay ex-clerk $225,000 in settlement", ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 13, 1992, p. 1.</ref>
Though an unnamed city coucilwoman had in an interview with a newspaper in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] once called Byars "a perpetual candidate",<ref>"Byars: 'I'm not a perpetual candidate'", ''Minden Press-Herald'', March 20, 1988, p. 1</ref> his political career ended quickly with the recall. Byars soon relocated from Minden to Beaumont.
Though an unnamed city coucilwoman had in an interview with a newspaper in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] once called Byars "a perpetual candidate",<ref>"Byars: 'I'm not a perpetual candidate'", ''Minden Press-Herald,'' March 20, 1988, p. 1.</ref> his political career ended quickly with the recall. Byars soon relocated from Minden to Beaumont.
==References==
==References==