John Cole provided the following in remembrance of Fair Park history teacher Hubert Humphreys.
Upon learning about the death of history teacher Hubert Humphreys I couldn't help but remember a brief encounter back in 1961. It was getting close to time for finals and we were all looking forward to graduation. One day Mr. Humphreys called me up to his desk after class dismissal. He was looking nervously down at his grade book. He looked up at me and back down and was clearly searching for the right words. Finally he looked up and said, "John, do you ever pray?" I was knocked back and said, "Mr. Humphreys, do I NEED to pray?" After a brief pause he told me that he was assigned the job of organizing the Baccalaureate services for the Seniors and was asking if I would say the invocation (or maybe it was the benediction). When I realized this wasn't about grades or graduation I would have agreed to anything. I thought about this incident and reminded him of it every time I saw him at class reunions.
