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]

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