Noel Byars

Noel Eugene Byars, Sr., known as Gene Byars, is a retired educator from Beaumont, Texas, who served from 1982 to 1989 as the mayor of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. A Democrat, Byars was recalled at the midway point of his second term, January 21, 1989, through a citizens' initiative after it was revealed that he had charged the city for personal expenses on his municipal credit card.