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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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715205537/http://www.rrdnw.com/History.htmm|title=History of Red River Delta|publisher=Rrdnw.com|accessdate=March 24, 2010}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715205537/http://www.rrdnw.com/History.htmm|title=History of Red River Delta|publisher=Rrdnw.com|accessdate=March 24, 2010}}</ref>
Late in his career, Humphries was falsely accused by former Alexandria [[Mayor]] [[Ed Karst]] of political corruption. The allegation came after Humphries ruled against Karst in several lawsuits which pitted Karst against the Alexandria [[architect]] [[Joe Fryar]], 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.<ref>"Former candidate for governor Karst dies", ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', July 18, 1992, p. 9-C.</ref><ref>"Ex-Mayor Karst dies", ''The Town Talk'', July 18–19, 1992.</ref>
Late in his career, Humphries was falsely accused by former Alexandria [[Mayor]] [[Ed Karst]] of political corruption. The allegation came after Humphries ruled against Karst in several lawsuits which pitted Karst against the Alexandria [[architect]] [[Joe Fryar]], 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.<ref>"Former candidate for governor Karst dies", ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', July 18, 1992, p. 9-C.</ref><ref>"Ex-Mayor Karst dies", ''The Town Talk'', July 18–19, 1992.</ref>
==Family and death==
==Family and death==
Humphries died of cancer 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.<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 25, 2010}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.nsula.edu/assets/CGHRC_Finding/doddb.htm|title=Bill Dodd Inventory|publisher=Library.nsula.edu|accessdate=March 25, 2010}}</ref> In ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'', former Lieutenant Governor [[Bill Dodd]] placed on the last page of the book a picture of Judge Humphries, Wade Davis, state Senator Cecil Ray Blair (1916-2001), and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Russell Long]] posed in front of moss-laden trees.<ref>[[Bill Dodd]], ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'', ([[Baton Rouge]]: Claitor's Publishing Company, 1991)</ref>
Humphries died of cancer 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.<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 25, 2010}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.nsula.edu/assets/CGHRC_Finding/doddb.htm|title=Bill Dodd Inventory|publisher=Library.nsula.edu|accessdate=March 25, 2010}}</ref> In ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'', former Lieutenant Governor [[Bill Dodd]] placed on the last page of the book a picture of Judge Humphries, Wade Davis, state Senator Cecil Ray Blair (1916-2001), and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Russell Long]] posed in front of moss-laden trees.<ref>[[Bill Dodd]], ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'', ([[Baton Rouge]]: Claitor's Publishing Company, 1991)</ref>