The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
E. $. MUNGER AT HOME IN WEST END
Beloved Manufacturer, Cap- italiSt and PhilanthropiSt Passes Away After Ill., ness of Several Weeks
 Duration

Revered, beloved and honored by the community in which he had done business, worshiped his Greater and consistently helped his fellow man for more than 30 years, Robert Sy1- vester Munger died at 1880 o'clock Friday morning in his home, the old Mudd ante-bellum mansion in West End. A wave of sorrow has spread over the community, for no man dwelt more in the hearts tf all man. ner of men who knew him than MT. Munger.
 Mir Munger had been i'll for some time, bronchial trouble and la grippe attacks having developed into double pneumonia. which probably caused his death. Relatives were called to his bedside early in the week, when it was seen that hope for his recov- cry was slight. He rallied Thursday afternoon about 1 o'clock after q fainting spell, according to physi- clans. The effort was in vain, how ever for he gradually sank until the end.
 Mir Munger was born in Tutersvile, Fayette county, Texas, July 24, 1854, son of H. M. and Jane c. (McNutt) Munger of Mexia, Tex His business life was identified from early young manhood with the cotton gin manu- facturing business, first in Texas and later in Alabama, where his cotton gin patents found exercise in the sev eral plants later absorbed by the Continental Gin company. Among the plants taken in by that concern was that at Dallas, Tex, where MT Munger made many of his inventions the two Birmingham plants, one at Atlanta and another in the east. Inventor of Munger Gin.
 The Munger" system, as his inven- tion Is best known, obtained imme- diate recognition in the textile indus try and the business of the Conti- mental Gin company, which extends over the world wherever cotton grows, has been. based on the Munger patents. MT. Munger's inventions took the 10 gold medals, for which they competed, at the worlds Colum bian exposition in 1893 They became the standard in cotton gins and have remained so until this time. MT. Munger married Mary Collett, daughter of Capt. J. H. Collett of Austin, Tex, and eight children blessed their union.
 MT. Mungers patents began bring ing large personal returns almost from the start. and he was man of extensive means for many years. He gave with prinoely yet modest gen erosity to help individuals and worthy institutions. A characteristic act of
 
 ferers from the Galveston tidal wave. He was on his way home from an eastern business trip when he read the flash of the disaster in the news papers. Presuming that Birmingham would take steps tL raise fund for the stricken city, he telegraphed a personal donation of S1000. That in- spired the community and Birming- ham raised a handsome sum for the sufferers.
 Helps College and Church.
 Mir. Munger gave S100.000 two years ago in the causes embraced in the great Methodist drive. Birmingham Southern college has received gift after gift at his hands. all of them substantial ones. The Walker Memo rial church in West End is practical ly his gift to the congregation. He gave the land the larger part Of the funds for building the church and the magnificent pipe organ.
 An ardent Methodist, Mir. Munger yet knew no sectarian or racial lines when it came to generous aid to good causes. There is not a worthy insti- tuition in Birmingham-libra hos pitals, Mercy Home. the Young Mems Christian association, Young Woman s Christian asst citation and dozens of others-that have not been aided by him both in the founding and the maintenance.
 He was a liberal patron of all the arts. No musical venture of a com munity nature was staged during his residence in Birmingham to which he failed to contribute liberally. The more money he made the more he gave.
 Many young men and young women owe tteir education tC Mr. Munger S kind heart and ready pocketbook. Upholding everything good in the community and giving as modestly as he did prodigally, MT. Munger died revered, honored and beloved by all.