Noel Byars
 Noel Eugene Byars Sr. known as Gene Byars (born July 4 1939) 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.