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Humphries graduated from Tioga High School in Ward 10 of Rapides Parish 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 [[United States Air Force|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.<ref name=obit/> Through access to the G.I. Bill of Rights, he subsequently obtained his pre-law education at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish. He graduated in 1951 with a [[Juris Doctor]] degree from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. His law school classmates included future [[U.S. Representative]] [[Gillis Long]], later Rapides Parish District Attorney [[Ed Ware]], and his subsequent 9th Judicial District Court colleague Lloyd George Teekell (1922-1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/lsu/1951/Page_127.html|title=Louisiana State University ''Gumbo'' yearbook, 1951|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2013}}</ref>  He was the vice-president of his law school senior class and earned the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Award.<ref name=obit/>

Humphries graduated from Tioga High School in Ward 10 of Rapides Parish 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 [[United States Air Force|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.<ref name=obit/> Through access to the G.I. Bill of Rights, he subsequently obtained his pre-law education at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish. He graduated in 1951 with a [[Juris Doctor]] degree from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. His law school classmates included future [[U.S. Representative]] [[Gillis Long]], later Rapides Parish District Attorney [[Ed Ware]], and his subsequent 9th Judicial District Court colleague Lloyd George Teekell (1922-1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/lsu/1951/Page_127.html|title=Louisiana State University ''Gumbo'' yearbook, 1951|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2013}}</ref>  He was the vice-president of his law school senior class and earned the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Award.<ref name=obit/>

In 1970, Humphries 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]].<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013174507/http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/richland/bios/humbrich.txt|author=J. Cleveland Fruge|title=Biographies of Louisiana Judges|publisher=Usgwarchives.org|accessdate=March 24, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1970, Humphries 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]].<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013174507/http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/richland/bios/humbrich.txt|author=J. Cleveland Fruge|title=Biographies of Louisiana Judges|publisher=Usgwarchives.org|accessdate=September 30, 2019}}</ref>​

==Legal career==

==Legal career==