| | Munson suddenly resigned from office in September 1973. Through a [[special election]], Wilbur Dyer, another Cheneyville Democrat, won the right in 1974 to succeed Munson. Dyer filled the seat until 1980, when Charles W. DeWitt, Jr. of south Rapides Parish was elected to the post. DeWitt was years later the state House [[Speaker]].<ref name=house/> | | Munson suddenly resigned from office in September 1973. Through a [[special election]], Wilbur Dyer, another Cheneyville Democrat, won the right in 1974 to succeed Munson. Dyer filled the seat until 1980, when Charles W. DeWitt, Jr. of south Rapides Parish was elected to the post. DeWitt was years later the state House [[Speaker]].<ref name=house/> |
| − | Munson and his wife, the former Kathryn Fluke, later Kathrym Dammon (born 1922), had three children, Pamela M. English (born 1945) and Robert Munson, Jr. (1950-2015), both of [[Baton Rouge]], | + | Munson and his wife, the former Kathryn "Kitty" Fluke, later Kathryn Dammon (1922-2021), had three children, Pamela Munson Ryan English (1945-2024) and Robert Munson, Jr. (1950-2015), both of [[Baton Rouge]], and Thomas Eugene "Tom" Munson (born 1951) of Cheneyville. Munson, Jr., was born in Cheneyville and reared there on the family's Witchwood Plantation. He was a state and national political consultant, often called "the nicest man in politics." He was a member of First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge, an affiliate of the Evangelical Presbyterian denomination founded in 1981, and a board member of Trinity Episcopal Day School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-jackson-munson-jr-bob&pid=176917328|title=Robert Jackson "Bob" Munson, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> At the time of his death, Munson, Jr., was a registered [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2223277|title=Robert Munson, March 1950|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>The Louisiana Secretary of State's [[website]] includes only the names of living persons; one is omitted from the list upon death.</ref> |
| − | and Thomas Eugene "Tom" Munson (born 1951) of Cheneyville. Munson, Jr., was born in Cheneyville and reared there on the family's Witchwood Plantation. He was a state and national political consultant, often called "the nicest man in politics." He was a member of First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge, an affiliate of the Evangelical Presbyterian denomination founded in 1981, and a board member of Trinity Episcopal Day School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-jackson-munson-jr-bob&pid=176917328|title=Robert Jackson "Bob" Munson, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> At the time of his death, Munson, Jr., was a registered [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2223277|title=Robert Munson, March 1950|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>The Louisiana Secretary of State's [[website]] includes only the names of living persons; one is omitted from the list upon death.</ref> | |
| | Munson, died in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] at the age of eighty-three. He is interred at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Cheneyville.<ref name=findagrave/> | | Munson, died in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] at the age of eighty-three. He is interred at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Cheneyville.<ref name=findagrave/> |