Dale Danks

Alney Dale Danks Jr. (August 27, 1939 – June 9, 2021) was an American Republican politician and lawyer. He was the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi from 1977 to 1989. Until 1995, he was a member of the Democratic Party.
Danks died as a result of a stroke on June 9, 2021 in Jackson at the age of 81.
Biography.
He first became the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, in 1977. He was a Democrat at that time. In 1981, he won the election to be the mayor of Jackson again. In 1989 he lost the mayor office to J. Kane Ditto.