Warren Cormier, Jr.

Joseph Warren Allen Cormier, Jr., 73, of Lake Charles, LA, died on Sunday, January 26, 2020 in a Houston, TX care facility.

Mr. Cormier, the oldest of eight, was born July 21, 1946 in Lake Charles, LA to Betty and Joseph Warren Allen Cormier, Sr.  He was a graduate of DeQuincy High School, where he was a track star, played football and rodeoed.  During the Vietnam War, he served his country 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, where he met and married the love of his life, Phyllis.  Mr. Cormier will be remembered as a great pool player and for his wonderful crawfish and crab boils.  He was also an avid dancer along with his wife.

Mr. Cormier is survived by his daughter, Alecia Gallegos and fiancé John Hulse, Jr. of Houston, TX; sons, Wesley Edward McDonald and wife Heidi of Lafayette and Timothy Ross McDonald of Lake Charles; his only grandchild, Finley Sofia Gallegos (Scooter); siblings, Pamela Cormier Whitsitt of Sulphur, Suzanne Cormier Cooper and husband Gary L. Cooper, Sr. of Dickinson, TX, James Cormier and wife Pam of Huffman, TX, Mark Cormier of Lake Charles, LA, and William Cormier and wife Beth of Channelview, TX.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis McDonald Cormier; parents, Warren Cormier, Sr. and Betty Cormier; and brothers Ronald Cormier, Sr. and George Cormier.

His memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel.  Reverend Ronnie Estes will officiate.  A gathering of family members and friends will be on Wednesday from 12:00 PM until the start of the service.