Guy Humphries
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Guy Earl Humphries, Jr. was a Ninth Judicial District Court judge
in Alexandria
, Louisiana
, known also as a co-founder of the Renaissance Home for Youth
, a criminal rehabilitation center in Rapides Parish
. At the time of his death, Humphries had been retired from the bench eight years longer than the twenty-one years of his judicial tenure.
, the seat of Caddo Parish
in northwestern Louisiana. He was the second child and oldest boy of six children born to Guy E. Humphries, Sr., originally from El Dorado
, Arkansas
, and the former Hattie A. Sheppard of Pelahatchie
in Rankin County
in central Mississippi
. His parents had previously lived near Delhi
in Richland Parish
in northeastern Louisiana. The family moved to the Bayou Rigollette community of Rapides Parish so that the senior Humphries could procure treatment for tuberculosis
, probably contracted during World War I
, at the Alexandria Veterans Administration Hospital. After his father's death, Humphries and his siblings had to help their mother in the operation of the family farm.
Humphries graduated from Tioga High School in Rapides Parish Ward 10 and thereafter accepted employment with the Union Pacific Railroad
. During World War II
, he served for more than three years in the United States Army Air Corps
, the forerunner to the Air Force
. Two of those years were in the Pacific Theater
of operations. He was a radio control operator and cryptographer, having been honorably discharged as a tech sergeant
. Through access to the G.I. Bill of Rights
, he subsequently obtained his pre-law education at Baptist
-affiliated Louisiana College
in Pineville
, north of the Red River in Rapides Parish. He graduated with a Juris Doctor
degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge
. He was the vice-president of his law school senior class and in 1951 earned the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Award. In 1970, he completed studies at the National College of State Trial Judges. He was affiliated with Phi Delta Phi
legal fraternity
, the American Legion
, the Masonic lodge
, the Shriners
, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
. He was an avid golf
er and outdoorsman, and also coached youth baseball
.
, an advisor to several governors, as the senior partner. Humphries became a judge, his only elected office, on September 8, 1960, and served until his retirement at the age of fifty-eight on December 31, 1981. He was elected four times.
In 1972, he joined Alexandria Municipal Judge George Messinge Foote (born 1919) and Dr. Glenn Earl Bryant (1922–2003), then the pastor of the large Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandria, to establish the Renaissance Home, a haven for troubled youth in need of rehabilitation who are otherwise likely headed to prison upon reaching adulthood. Robert J. "Bob" Tillie (born ca. 1944) of Pineville, the Renaissance founding executive director from 1973–2006, told the Alexandria Daily Town Talk
that Humphries was highly "supportive of a place for juveniles to have a second chance. He was very caring of kids in need."
Humphries conducted the first pilot program in Louisiana for the use of cameras and recording equipment in the courtroom, having received the Margaret Dixon
Freedom of Information Award, named for the former managing editor
of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. He also spent six weeks in China
studying that country's legal system.
George Foote recalled his friend Humphries, who was 6'5", as a "decisive" judge who operated an "efficient courtroom". The Ninth District had two judges when Humphries began his tenure, but it has since expanded to six. Humphries was known for his toughness; some lawyers tried to avoid his court if their clients faced severe sentences.
After he left the bench, Humphries said in a 1981 interview that the imposition of a sentence is "one of the most demanding tasks judges face. The facts of each crime are all different. I consider the facts of each crime, the defendant -- his background, his propensity for future crime or the possibility for rehabilitation, and the prime consideration is the public and the victim. [One] can hardly separate the (last) two because the victim is part of the public, and the public is a potential victim. . . . "
In 1956, Humphries was an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention
held in Chicago, Illinois
, which nominated the Stevenson
-Kefauver
ticket, the first Democratic ticket to lose the Louisiana electoral vote since the disputed presidential election of 1876. Humphries' law partner Camille Gravel was a delegate to that same convention.
In 1976, Humphries coined the term "Red River Delta" as the name of the law enforcement planning agency that includes eight Central Louisiana
parishes, among them Rapides. The planning districts were originally established under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
, signed into law in by then U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson
.
Late in his career, Humphries was falsely accused by former Alexandria Mayor
Ed Karst
of corruption
. The allegation
came after Humphries ruled against Karst in several lawsuits which pitted Karst against the Alexandria architect
Joe Ernest Fryar, Jr. (born ca. 1932), in a dispute over public housing
projects formerly known as "Karst Park". The bar association initiated disbarment proceedings against Karst on the grounds that his slurs against Judge Humphries constituted misconduct. In a hearing in 1981, Karst admitted that the allegations that he had hurled against Humphries were baseless. Karst failed to be reinstated to his law practice, as the Louisiana Supreme Court
denied each appeal.
in Alexandria at the age of eighty-six. In 1948, he married the former Ann Virginia Davis (May 24, 1925–January 29, 2008), a sister of Wade Hall Davis, Sr. (1920–2003) of Alexandria. Wade Davis was the former director of the Louisiana State School for Spastic Children in Alexandria. The facility treated spasticity
, a disorder of the central nervous system
. In Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics, former Lieutenant Governor
Bill Dodd places a picture on the last page of the book of Judge Humphries, Wade Davis, State Senator
Cecil R. Blair
, and U.S. Senator Russell B. Long
posed in front of moss-laden trees.
Humphries is survived by two sons, Guy Humphries, III (born 1950), and wife Dana, of Woodworth
in south Rapides Parish and Richard Davis Humphries (born 1955) and wife Laura of North Richland Hills
, near Fort Worth
, Texas
, and a daughter, Ann Humphries Jacob (born 1962) and husband, Tom Jacob, of West Palm Beach
, Florida
; five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren. Services were held on March 27 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria. Humphries is interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens near Woodworth.
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
in Alexandria
Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria is a city in and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes....
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, known also as a co-founder of the Renaissance Home for Youth
Renaissance Home for Youth
The Renaissance Home for Youth is a criminal rehabilitation center located near Alexandria, Louisiana, USA at 6177 Bayou Rapides Road in western Rapides Parish co-founded in 1972 by Guy E. Humphries, Jr. , a Ninth Judicial District Court judge, Dr. Glenn Earl Bryant , then the pastor of the large...
, a criminal rehabilitation center in Rapides Parish
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
-Military Installations:*Camp Beauregard *Esler Airfield *England Air Force Base *Camp Claiborne *Camp Livingston -Demographics:...
. At the time of his death, Humphries had been retired from the bench eight years longer than the twenty-one years of his judicial tenure.
Early years, education and military
Guy Humphries was born in ShreveportShreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
, the seat of Caddo Parish
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Caddo Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Shreveport; as of 2000, the population was 252,161...
in northwestern Louisiana. He was the second child and oldest boy of six children born to Guy E. Humphries, Sr., originally from El Dorado
El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado , a multi-cultural arts center: South Arkansas Arts Center , an award-winning renovated downtown, and numerous sporting, shopping, and dining opportunities. El Dorado is the population, cultural, and business center of the 7,300 mi² regional area...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, and the former Hattie A. Sheppard of Pelahatchie
Pelahatchie, Mississippi
Pelahatchie is a town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,461 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.Pelahatchie means "Crooked Creek " in the Choctaw language.-Geography:...
in Rankin County
Rankin County, Mississippi
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 115,327 people, 42,089 households, and 31,145 families residing in the county. The population density was 149 people per square mile . There were 45,070 housing units at an average density of 58 per square mile...
in central Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
. His parents had previously lived near Delhi
Delhi, Louisiana
Delhi, originally called Deerfield, is a town in Richland Parish, Louisiana, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,066.-History:...
in Richland Parish
Richland Parish, Louisiana
Richland Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Rayville. As of 2010, the population was 20,725.-History:...
in northeastern Louisiana. The family moved to the Bayou Rigollette community of Rapides Parish so that the senior Humphries could procure treatment for tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
, probably contracted during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, at the Alexandria Veterans Administration Hospital. After his father's death, Humphries and his siblings had to help their mother in the operation of the family farm.
Humphries graduated from Tioga High School in Rapides Parish Ward 10 and thereafter accepted employment with the Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, he served for more than three years in the United States Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Corps
The United States Army Air Corps was a forerunner of the United States Air Force. Renamed from the Air Service on 2 July 1926, it was part of the United States Army and the predecessor of the United States Army Air Forces , established in 1941...
, the forerunner to the Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
. Two of those years were in the Pacific Theater
Pacific War
The Pacific War, also sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War refers broadly to the parts of World War II that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, then called the Far East...
of operations. He was a radio control operator and cryptographer, having been honorably discharged as a tech sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
. Through access to the G.I. Bill of Rights
G.I. Bill of Rights
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 , known informally as the G.I. Bill, was an omnibus law that provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans as well as one year of unemployment compensation...
, he subsequently obtained his pre-law education at Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
-affiliated Louisiana College
Louisiana College
Louisiana College is a private institution of higher education located in Pineville, Louisiana, affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention, serving a student body of approximately 1,300 students. The college operates on a semester system, with two shorter summer terms...
in Pineville
Pineville, Louisiana
Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is adjacent to the city of Alexandria, and is part of that city's Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,829 at the 2000 census....
, north of the Red River in Rapides Parish. He graduated with a Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
. He was the vice-president of his law school senior class and in 1951 earned the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Award. In 1970, he completed studies at the National College of State Trial Judges. He was affiliated with Phi Delta Phi
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Delta Phi, ΦΔΦ, is the world's second largest legal fraternity. Phi Delta Phi is the second oldest legal organization in continuous existence in the United States and third oldest in North America...
legal fraternity
Fraternity
A fraternity is a brotherhood, though the term usually connotes a distinct or formal organization. An organization referred to as a fraternity may be a:*Secret society*Chivalric order*Benefit society*Friendly society*Social club*Trade union...
, the American Legion
American Legion
The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
, the Masonic lodge
Masonic Lodge
This article is about the Masonic term for a membership group. For buildings named Masonic Lodge, see Masonic Lodge A Masonic Lodge, often termed a Private Lodge or Constituent Lodge, is the basic organisation of Freemasonry...
, the Shriners
Shriners
The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, also commonly known as Shriners and abbreviated A.A.O.N.M.S., established in 1870, is an appendant body to Freemasonry, based in the United States...
, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868...
. He was an avid golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er and outdoorsman, and also coached youth baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
.
Legal career
A member of both the Louisiana and the Alexandria bar associations, Humphries practiced law in the former firm of Gravel, Humphries, Sheffield, and Mansour, with Camille F. Gravel, Jr.Camille Gravel
Camille Francis Gravel, Jr. , was a Louisiana, Democratic politician.Gravel spent much time and money supporting the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII honored Gravel with the "Order of St. Gregory" for his outstanding service to the church.-Education:Gravel graduated in 1935 from the University...
, an advisor to several governors, as the senior partner. Humphries became a judge, his only elected office, on September 8, 1960, and served until his retirement at the age of fifty-eight on December 31, 1981. He was elected four times.
In 1972, he joined Alexandria Municipal Judge George Messinge Foote (born 1919) and Dr. Glenn Earl Bryant (1922–2003), then the pastor of the large Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandria, to establish the Renaissance Home, a haven for troubled youth in need of rehabilitation who are otherwise likely headed to prison upon reaching adulthood. Robert J. "Bob" Tillie (born ca. 1944) of Pineville, the Renaissance founding executive director from 1973–2006, told the Alexandria Daily Town Talk
The Town Talk (Alexandria)
The Town Talk, started as The Daily Town Talk in 1883 and later named the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, is the major newspaper of Central Louisiana. It is published by Gannett in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish and the economic center of Central Louisiana.The daily newspaper has a circulation...
that Humphries was highly "supportive of a place for juveniles to have a second chance. He was very caring of kids in need."
Humphries conducted the first pilot program in Louisiana for the use of cameras and recording equipment in the courtroom, having received the Margaret Dixon
Margaret Dixon
Margaret Richardson Dixon, usually known as Maggie Dixon , was perhaps the most influential woman journalist of 20th century Louisiana. She was the managing editor of her state's capital city newspaper, the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, from 1949 until her death some two decades later...
Freedom of Information Award, named for the former managing editor
Managing editor
A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. He also spent six weeks in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
studying that country's legal system.
George Foote recalled his friend Humphries, who was 6'5", as a "decisive" judge who operated an "efficient courtroom". The Ninth District had two judges when Humphries began his tenure, but it has since expanded to six. Humphries was known for his toughness; some lawyers tried to avoid his court if their clients faced severe sentences.
After he left the bench, Humphries said in a 1981 interview that the imposition of a sentence is "one of the most demanding tasks judges face. The facts of each crime are all different. I consider the facts of each crime, the defendant -- his background, his propensity for future crime or the possibility for rehabilitation, and the prime consideration is the public and the victim. [One] can hardly separate the (last) two because the victim is part of the public, and the public is a potential victim. . . . "
In 1956, Humphries was an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party nominated former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for President and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for Vice President. It was held in the International Amphitheatre on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois August 13–17 1956. Unsuccessful...
held in Chicago, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, which nominated the Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson III
Adlai Ewing Stevenson III is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1970 until 1981.-Education, military service, and early career:...
-Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Carey Estes Kefauver July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S...
ticket, the first Democratic ticket to lose the Louisiana electoral vote since the disputed presidential election of 1876. Humphries' law partner Camille Gravel was a delegate to that same convention.
In 1976, Humphries coined the term "Red River Delta" as the name of the law enforcement planning agency that includes eight Central Louisiana
Central Louisiana
Central Louisiana , also known as the Crossroads region, is the part of Louisiana that includes the following parishes: Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Grant Parish, La Salle Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish, Sabine Parish and Vernon Parish.The five...
parishes, among them Rapides. The planning districts were originally established under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 was legislation passed by the Congress of the United States that established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration . Title III of the Act set rules for obtaining wiretap orders in the United States. It has been started shortly after...
, signed into law in by then U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
.
Late in his career, Humphries was falsely accused by former Alexandria Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
Ed Karst
Ed Karst
Charles Edward "Ed" Karst was an attorney and politician remembered for his controversial tenure as the mayor of Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish and the largest city in central Louisiana...
of corruption
Political corruption
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...
. The allegation
Allegation
An allegation is a claim of a fact by a party in a pleading, which the party claims to be able to prove. Allegations remain assertions without proof, until they can be proved....
came after Humphries ruled against Karst in several lawsuits which pitted Karst against the Alexandria architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Joe Ernest Fryar, Jr. (born ca. 1932), in a dispute over public housing
Public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the...
projects formerly known as "Karst Park". The bar association initiated disbarment proceedings against Karst on the grounds that his slurs against Judge Humphries constituted misconduct. In a hearing in 1981, Karst admitted that the allegations that he had hurled against Humphries were baseless. Karst failed to be reinstated to his law practice, as the Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans....
denied each appeal.
Family and death
Humphries died of cancerCancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
in Alexandria at the age of eighty-six. In 1948, he married the former Ann Virginia Davis (May 24, 1925–January 29, 2008), a sister of Wade Hall Davis, Sr. (1920–2003) of Alexandria. Wade Davis was the former director of the Louisiana State School for Spastic Children in Alexandria. The facility treated spasticity
Spasticity
Spasticity is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance in muscle tone involving hypertonia, which is also referred to as an unusual "tightness" of muscles...
, a disorder of the central nervous system
Central nervous system
The central nervous system is the part of the nervous system that integrates the information that it receives from, and coordinates the activity of, all parts of the bodies of bilaterian animals—that is, all multicellular animals except sponges and radially symmetric animals such as jellyfish...
. In Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics, former Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant governor
A lieutenant governor or lieutenant-governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a "second-in-command"...
Bill Dodd places a picture on the last page of the book of Judge Humphries, Wade Davis, State Senator
Louisiana State Legislature
The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
Cecil R. Blair
Cecil R. Blair
Cecil Ray Blair was a Rapides Parish farmer and businessman who was a Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1956...
, and U.S. Senator Russell B. Long
Russell B. Long
Russell Billiu Long was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987.-Early life:...
posed in front of moss-laden trees.
Humphries is survived by two sons, Guy Humphries, III (born 1950), and wife Dana, of Woodworth
Woodworth, Louisiana
Woodworth is a town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,080 at the 2000 census....
in south Rapides Parish and Richard Davis Humphries (born 1955) and wife Laura of North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills, Texas
North Richland Hills is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 63,343 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Tarrant County. In 2006, North Richland Hills was selected as one of the "Top 100 Best Places to live in America"...
, near Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, and a daughter, Ann Humphries Jacob (born 1962) and husband, Tom Jacob, of West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
; five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren. Services were held on March 27 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria. Humphries is interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens near Woodworth.