branch death_date children nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place image_size preceded term_start spouse image name occupation caption resting_place succeeded birth_place party office religion battle article_title
united states marine corps 11 may 2012 sherman a. bernard , jr. . american 10 june 1925 marrero , louisiana 1988 terrebonne high school marrero , jefferson parish louisiana , usa 175px dudley a. guglielmo 1972 julia speranza bernard -lrb- deceased -rrb- sherman_a . _ bernard_of_la . jpg sherman albert bernard , sr. businessman bernard in his later years garden of memories in marrero douglas d. `` doug '' green schriever , terrebonne parish louisiana , usa democrat louisiana insurance commissioner roman catholic world war ii sherman a. bernard

sherman a. bernard

sherman albert bernard , sr. -lrb- june 10 , 1925 -- may 11 , 2012 -rrb- , was a businessman from jefferson parish in the new orleans suburbs , who served from 1972 to 1988 as the louisiana commissioner of insurance .
he is mainly remembered for having served forty-one months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court to extortion in connection with his job duties .
