Career
Munson was at the peak of his political power as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee early in the McKeithen administration. In 1972, Munson was named "Conservationist of the Year" among the elected official category by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Munson suddenly resigned from office in September 1973.
Dyer filled the seat until 1980, when Charles West. DeWitt, Junior. of south Rapides Parish was elected to the post.
DeWitt was years later the House Speaker. The junior Munson was born in Cheneyville and reared there on the family"s Witchwood Plantation.
At the time of his death, Munson, Junior., was a registered Republican. Munson, Senior, died in Alexandria at the age of eighty-three.
He is interred at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Cheneyville.
