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==Death and legacy==
 
==Death and legacy==
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Humphreys retired in Shreveport but died in Baton Rouge, where he had spent his latter days. Survivors included two sisters, Mildred H. Taylor of Baton Rouge and Melissa Verna Douglas and husband, George W. Douglas, of Shreveport. Services were held on September 5, 2009, in Columbia, the seat of Caldwell Parish government. Interment was at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.<ref name=obit/>
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Humphreys retired in Shreveport but died in Baton Rouge, where he had spent his latter days. Survivors included two sisters, Mildred Humphreys Taylor McKeithen (1925-2019), an educator for fifty-four years who was residing in [[Bossier City]] at the time of her passing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=191596896|title=Mildred McKeithen obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=February 19, 2019|accessdate=September 19, 2019}}</ref>and Melissa Verna Douglas (1926-2018), and husband, George Wesley Douglas of Shreveport. Services were held on September 5, 2009, in Columbia, the seat of Caldwell Parish government. Interment was at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.<ref name=obit/>
    
At the time of his death, Humphreys was writing a history on the Copenhagen Prairie area near Grayson, an area that he had explored as a child.<ref name=thompson/>​
 
At the time of his death, Humphreys was writing a history on the Copenhagen Prairie area near Grayson, an area that he had explored as a child.<ref name=thompson/>​
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