Gary Staples

{{Short description|American politician (1940–2021)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Gary Staples

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| image = Gary Staples Mississippi House of Representatives.jpg

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| state_house = Mississippi

| district = 88th

| term_start = January 3, 2004

| term_end = January 2, 2020

| predecessor =

| successor = Ramona Blackledge

| prior_term =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|1|16}}

| birth_place = Laurel, Mississippi, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|2|1940|1|16}}

| death_place = Laurel, Mississippi, US

| profession =

| party = Republican

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Gary V. Staples (January 16, 1940 – January 2, 2021) was an American Republican politician. In 2004 he was elected as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 88th District. Ramona Blackledge defeated incumbent Gary Staples in the Republican primary runoff for Mississippi House of Representatives District 88 on August 27, 2019. He previously served from 1988 to 1992. Staples went to the University of Southern Mississippi and Jones County Junior College. He worked for BellSouth.{{cite web|title=Gary Staples|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/staples.xml|publisher=Mississippi House of Representatives|accessdate=9 March 2015|archive-date=25 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425222834/http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/staples.xml|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Gary Staples|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Gary_Staples|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=9 March 2015}}

On January 2, 2021, Staples died from cancer at age 80.{{cite news |last1=pathofex |title=Former Mississippi Rep. Gary Staples passes away |url=https://pathofex.com/former-mississippi-rep-gary-staples-passes-away/ |access-date=January 3, 2021 |work=PATH OF EX}}