John Daniel Cormier

John Daniel “JD” Cormier died at the age of 59 on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Baton-Rouge, La.

He was born in Bremerton Naval Hospital in Bremerton, Wash., on Sept. 14, 1952, to Norman G. and Amarant M. Cormier.

He was a graduate of Broadmoor High School in Baton-Rouge, La. He earned an Associate’s Degree from Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa. He received police certification from Forsyth Technical Community College, in Winston-Salem, N.C.

In 1974, he joined the Kernersville Police Department and in 1978, he returned to Baton-Rouge and joined the East Baton-Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Department. He retired with 30 years of service from the Sheriff’s Department. In 2010, he was elected Constable of Ward 3, District 2, East Baton-Rouge Parish. He was a member of Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church at LSU.

He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents John and Augusta Cormier of Libby, Mont .; and maternal grandparents, Daniel and Marie Kanzler of Ritzville, Wash.

Survivors include his mother, Amarant M. Cormier of Kernersville; brothers, Paul (Barbara) Cormier, Baton-Rouge, La., Thomas (Debbie) Cormier, Kernersville; nieces Kathryne Cormier Bulger and husband U.S. Army Major Ryan Bulger of Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Chelsey Cormier of Baton-Rouge; nephew U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Seth Cormier of Twentynine Palms, Calif .; great-nieces Annabelle Bulger, Lila Bulger, and great-nephew Jackson Bulger, all of Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and very special friend Kay Dobie of Greensboro, NC.

Funeral services celebrating his life were held Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Baton-Rouge. A graveside service was held on Friday, Mar. 2, at Eastlawn Gardens of Memory in Kernersville, NC. The family received friends immediately following the graveside service at Fountain of Life Lutheran Church, 323 Hopkins Rd. Kernersville, NC.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church, 3235 Dalrymple Dr. Baton-Rouge, LA 70802.

Friends and family may sign, and view, the guestbook at www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com.