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In 1972, he joined Alexandria Municipal Judge [[George M. Foote]] and Dr. [[Glenn Bryant]]

In 1972, he joined Alexandria Municipal Judge [[George M. Foote]] and Dr. [[Glenn Bryant]]

then the pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandra, to establish the Renaissance Home, a haven for troubled youth in need of rehabilitation who otherwise could land in prison upon reaching adulthood. Robert J. "Bob" Tillie (born June 1944) of Pineville, the Renaissance founding executive director from 1973–2006, told ''The Alexandria 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."<ref name=adtt>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100323/NEWS01/3230325/-1/NEWSFRONT2/Retired-Judge-Humphries-co-founder-of-Renaissance-Home-dies-in-Alexandria|title=Richard P. Sharkey, "Retired Judge Humphries, Co-founder of Renaissance Home, dies in Alexandria"|publisher=''Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 23, 2010|accessdate=March 24, 2010; no longer on-line.}}  

then the pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandra, to establish the Renaissance Home, a haven for troubled youth in need of rehabilitation who otherwise could land in prison upon reaching adulthood. Robert J. "Bob" Tillie (born June 1944) of Pineville, the Renaissance founding executive director from 1973–2006, told ''The Alexandria 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."<ref name=adtt>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100323/NEWS01/3230325/-1/NEWSFRONT2/Retired-Judge-Humphries-co-founder-of-Renaissance-Home-dies-in-Alexandria|author=Richard P. Sharkey|title=Retired Judge Humphries, Co-founder of Renaissance Home, dies in Alexandria|publisher=''Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 23, 2010|accessdate=March 24, 2010; no longer on-line.}}</ref>

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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.<ref name=obit/>​

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.<ref name=obit/>​

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 &ndash; 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>​

Judge Humphries died of cancer in Alexandria at the age of eighty-six. In 1948, he married the former Ann Virginia Davis (May 24, 1925 &ndash; 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>​

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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 in [[suburb]]an [[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.<ref name=obit/> Services were held on March 27 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria. Humphries and his wife are interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens near Woodworth.<ref name=obit/>​

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 in [[suburb]]an [[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.<ref name=obit/> Services were held on March 27 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria. Humphries and his wife are interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens near Woodworth.<ref name=obit/>​