Gene Alday

Gene Alday

Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 25th district
In office January 3, 2012 – January 5, 2016
Preceded by	John Mayo
Succeeded by	Dan Eubanks
Personal details
Born	(1957-08-17)August 17, 1957 Tunica, Mississippi, United States
Died	October 9, 2016(2016-10-09) (aged 59) Southaven, Mississippi

W. 'Gene' E. Alday, Jr. (August 17, 1957 – October 9, 2016) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 25th District, being first elected in 2011, leaving office in 2016 after being defeated in the Republican primary by Dan Eubanks.^[1]^[2]

In February 2015, Alday stated that he opposed increasing funding for education, because in his town, "all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call 'welfare crazy checks'."^[3]^[4]

Alday died at the DeSoto South Hospice in Southaven after an extended illness on October 9, 2016.^[5]

References

↑ "Gene Alday". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ "Gene Alday, Jr.'s Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/02/14/miss-third-grade-gate-fear-failure/23443737/
↑ http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/02/16/gene-alday-says-not-racist/23496505/
↑ http://m.desototimes.com/news/former-state-rep-gene-alday-dead-at/article_a2fae05c-8f3f-11e6-a7f9-1763020ca27b.html

Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Philip Gunn (R) Speaker pro Tempore: Greg Snowden (R) Majority Leader: Vacant Minority Leader: Tyrone Ellis (D)

Lester Carpenter (R) Nick Bain (D) William "Tracy" Arnold (R) Jody Steverson (R) John Faulkner (D) Dana Criswell (R) Steve Hopkins (R) Trey Lamar (R) Cedric Burnett (D) Nolan Mettetal (R) Lataisha Jackson (D) J.P. Hughes Jr. (D) Steve Massengill (R) Margaret Rogers (R) Mac Huddleston (R) Stephen Holland (D) Shane Aguirre (R) Jerry Turner (R) Randy Boyd (R) Chris Brown (R) Donnie Bell (R) Preston Sullivan (D) Charles Beckett (R) Jeff Hale (R) Dan Eubanks (R) Orlando W. Paden (D) Kenneth Walker (D) Robert Foster (R) Vacant Robert Huddleston (D) Sara Thomas (D) Willie Perkins Sr. (D) Thomas Reynolds II (D) Kevin Horan (D) Joey Hood (R) Karl Gibbs (D) Gary Chism (R) Tyrone Ellis (D) Jeff Smith (R) Ashley Henley (R) Kabir Karriem (D) Carl L. Mickens (D) Loyd B. "Rob" Roberson II (R) C. Scott Bounds (R) Michael T. Evans (D) Steven Karl Oliver (R) Bryant Clark (D) Jason White (D) Willie Bailey (D) John Hines (D) Rufus Straughter (D) Bill Kinkade (R) Vince Mangold (R) Alex Monsour (R) Oscar Denton (D) Philip Gunn (R) Edward Blackmon Jr. (D) Joel Bomgar (R) Brent Powell (R) John Moore (R) Ray Rogers (R) Thomas Weathersby Sr. (R) Deborah Butler Dixon (D) William Denny Jr. (R) Chris Bell (D) Jarvis Dortch (D) Earle S. Banks (D) Credell Calhoun (D) Alyce Clarke (D) Kathy L. Sykes (D) Adrienne Wooten (D) Vacant Cory Wilson (R) Mark Baker (R) Tom Miles (D) Gregory Holloway Sr. (D) J. Andrew Gipson (R) Randy Rushing (R) Mark Tullos (R) Omeria Scott (D) Stephen Horne (R) Charles Young Jr. (D) Greg Snowden (R) William Shirley (R) Chuck Middleton (D) Shane Barnett (R) Chris Johnson (R) Gary Staples (R) Bobby Shows (R) Noah L. Sanford (R) Robert Evans (D) Becky Currie (R) Timmy Ladner (R) Robert Johnson III (D) Patricia H. Willis (R) Angela Cockerham (D) Sam Mims, V (R) David Myers (D) Bill Pigott (R) Ken Morgan (R) Brad Touchstone (R) Toby Barker (R) Percy Watson (D) Larry Byrd (R) Roun McNeal (R) Herbert Frierson (R) Doug McLeod (R) Mark Formby (R) Manly Barton (R) Jeramey Anderson (D) Charles Busby (R) John Read (R) Henry Zuber III (R) Jeffrey S. Guice (R) Randall Patterson (R) Casey Eure (R) Scott DeLano (R) Greg Haney (R) Sonya Williams-Barnes (D) Richard Bennett (R) Carolyn Crawford (R) David Baria (D)

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