Joseph Warren Allen Cormier Jr., 73, of Lake Charles, died on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in a Houston, Texas, care facility.
He was a graduate of DeQuincy High School, where he was a track star, played football and rodeoed. During the Vietnam War, he served in the U.S. Navy, where he excelled as a telegrapher. He worked as a car salesman and sales manager most of his life, spending many of those years at Lake Charles Nissan/J. P. Thibodeaux.
He is survived by his daughter, Alecia Gallegos of Houston, Texas; sons, Wesley Edward McDonald and wife Heidi of Lafayette, and Timothy Ross McDonald of Lake Charles; one grandchild; siblings, Pamela Cormier Whitsitt of Sulphur, Suzanne Cormier Cooper of Dickinson, Texas, James Cormier of Huffman, Texas, Mark Cormier of Lake Charles, and William Cormier of Channelview, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis McDonald Cormier; parents, Warren Cormier Sr. and Betty Cormier; and two brothers.
His memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ronnie Estes will officiate. A gathering of family and friends will be held Wednesday from noon until the start of the service.
