Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police work is not pretty and yet the humbleness, the honesty and core ideals of humility, decency and dignity must always be pristine. Crystal clear and free of distraction because in order to save lives and to keep peace revolving you must have a free path from interference. Dade County had a model servant and more exactly a humane hero and savior, in you, Officer Cook. You don't need convincing to explain basic quality conduct and the integrity central to the themes of tenacity and unwavering ferocity. The people received that and more from a stoic and gallant young man and a very cherished gentleman. Character and commitment live on in the Cook, Wilkerson and Tidwell Families who pursue peace and happiness the very same you pursued, Officer Cook and had that taken away by wanton and heinous violence by a disturbed young man. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Enhancement lives on as your soul perpetually lights up the darkest of hours.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 17, 2018

Being trustworthy and fruitful, you either have the real goods or you might as well pursue another line of endeavor. Police work tackles one's mind and if integrity, dignity and honesty are lacking, chances are peace and security will too be difficult to come by. Nice and steady, consistent and coordinated is how you acquitted yourself, Officer Cook, at all times exercising your efficiency in allowing those whom you served and protected to remain safe and sound. The conclusion, sadly though of a well lived and thought out life of candor, vision and leadership which in turn humanely and humbly led others through the rigors of violence and its pure unadulterated evil. One young man's life adventures passed down to other brave and concerned colleagues. Better dig in and be prepared for a wild ride. Diligence and its vigilance take time, planning and total preparation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character and the best of morals, ethics and ideals. Dade County's residents were fortunate to have you, Officer Cook, faithfully in their midst. An honest day's compensation for the best of clarification. The i's of intellect, ingenuity and intuition were never far from your patrol vehicle.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 17, 2018

There is not one good deed that goes unnoticed. God reveals Himself to us, we might not see His vision or Himself, but He is around us at all times. So we had better make those moments of accomplishment count, make resolve and dignity a part of your everyday challenge which is living and loving life. You relished your job, Officer Cook, a smiling face greeted all who ever knew you, all ever worked for honor and integrity to take shape and pave those golden trails of ferocity. The character and determination of all police officers tells us something unique about their heroic lives. The humility and dealing with humanity to make peace and freedom a staunch reality for Dade County citizens who valiantly salute your courage, Officer Cook, all from your caring and kindly considerate heart. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The illumination of your beautiful soul won't ever be extinguished. It was too valuable in this war over wickedness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 17, 2018

Wisdom is reserved for the wise. Serenity is left up to those civil minded. Peace is for those who persevere. Humility and honesty they are affixed in the palms of the humble. Your life and career as a public servant, Officer Cook, revolved around your family, your beloved wife, Karen, your beloved mother, Mrs. Julia Cook and your beloved older sister, Nancy. They are the ladies in your life who dedicated themselves to seeing you through your patrols of Dade County where your unassuming character, commitment to excellence and conviction to act accordingly with the highest of morals to let peace and unity pass through those rays of sunlight. You will always be their hero who loved his role and was greatly treasured by all comrades. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 performed honorably and demonstrated the class, devotion and faithfulness expected from all public servants.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 17, 2018

Gallantry grinds on as much as violence and evil can be grating. They prey on those who are vulnerable and therefore you require good earnest and hard working women and men, honest and humble to accomplish this enormous job of cooling down people whose tensions are boiling over and allow for the pots of prosperity and peace to simmer. In Dade County where your beat was located, Officer Cook, you could be seen riding around patrolling with perseverance and much resolve all from a cherished hero of integrity, character and dignity. You can be sure the lids of humility have been lifted up allowing for your beautiful soul to ascend higher and higher to God's greenest of pastures where you now rightfully take your humane and humble place with so many other heroes and heroines who too gave their lives for decorum and goodwill to spread their wings mightily. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 16, 2018

The forces of nature don't always go that way. You must surmise and see each situation as it unfolds. Domestic violence is among the worst cases any brave and humble public servant must face. You faced that circumstance, Officer Cook, back on May 16, 1979 and saved Dade County and its citizens more than we could know. Your perceptive eyes and ears, character and knowledge, integrity, dignity and honesty gave you that unique vantage of doing what needed to be done. Now we have peace, stability all thanks to your vigilance and humility not to be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Courage, decency and class from your heart. One that cared and dared to be adventurous.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 16, 2018

Courtesy and manners run along the same tracks as bravery, honesty and tenacity. You ran around Dade County, Officer Cook, pursuing evil while helping to keep dignity and integrity knitted together with humility and civility. All public servants must live up to a code of ethics, have character, show commitment and utilize ingenuity and intuition as needed. You were a devoted and loyal comrade, Officer Cook and will heroically be saluted for all your actions. A good life and a career with more promise. Our Lord has taken those bonds of boldness to His kingdom where your eternal wisdom and vision will surely come in handy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 16, 2018

The plate is full, the tasks are tall and challenging. Police work is not some Sunday walk in the park as it summons a servant's courage and convictions from within their souls treasured and blessed with the humane honesty and integrity to keep up an intense battle over evil. You kept your bond and boldness strapped to your belt, Officer Cook. You were a first rate and very decent individual whose life journeys took you far and wide in Dade County helping to broker goodwill and liberty for its people. A salute of ingenuity and wisdom will at least help those who suffered over your tragic loss. You gave your life as a hero and for all the morals and values enhancement will be permitted to carry just as justice must. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You lived a life of humility and no shame, your smile made the days and nights a little more brighter.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 15, 2018

The tides of tyranny must not be allowed to pummel our society with vicious waves of wickedness. Honor and might must stay in the fight for survival in order for peace and serenity to prevail. It did when you navigated carefully around the streets of Dade County, Officer Cook. A young and handsome, humane and humble hero of dignity and integrity. It's the spotlight of a public servant's character, composure and crede which equates well when violence and terror must be dispensed with once and for all. Your commitment and convictions, Officer Cook, along with your being trusted to defend our lives won't be overlooked nor forgotten. You saved the county, your comrades and the people you were loyal and diligent in protecting. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 15, 2018

The king of kindness. The gentleman of grace and gallantry. You name it and for all that you meant to Dade County and its residents, Officer Cook, you were a man of honesty and principle, dignity and stellar integrity. Thirty-eight years later your sacrifice has allowed peace and prosperity to be forever enhanced where it is most required. The safety and harmony of all people were under your most watchful eyes. Those eyes had a vision, your spirit had a calling and those missions of character and humility were your transparency. Never a doubt as to your faith and devotion, loyalty and admiration, you'll be remembered and valiantly saluted for calming and trying to get a troubled young man off the streets where tranquility must reign. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 14, 2018

Police work is not some quirky profession as it calls for its bravest and most honorable and sincere of public servants to be able to act according to each given circumstance. No matter the time or place, officers must make split second decisions that could save lives or heaven forbid cost them their own. You responded to a domestic call in Dade County that awfully tragic day, Officer Cook, abandoning your safety to shelter a community in the blankets of boldness and firm resolve. It certainly made life much better though your family and comrades wish you were here today to be humbly involved in their lives and celebrating holidays and other social amenities. God took a great spirit full of life and character, decency and commitment back to heaven to patrol those sacred pathways where other humane and loyal now sleep soundly. Never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were courageous and demonstrated the highest regard for all humanity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 14, 2018

There's no time to bask in glory. The only things that need to mesh with one another are boldness, bravery, honesty and those morals and values so essential in corralling wickedness. For all your humble exploits, Officer Cook, dignity and integrity greatly assisted you in fighting off evil on behalf of Dade County's residents. An unselfish man of character and conviction, with outstanding humility it's no wonder you were looked to and greatly admired for your humbleness and heroic actions of May 16, 1979, that saved the lives of civilians and your fellow professional colleagues. Etched in stone and carved into our hearts and minds may you be humanely saluted for courageous and unwavering perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Mercy, justice now and forever reside in those pearly gates of God's most pristine of venues. Heroes and heroines who sacrificed for the good intentions of peace and serenity to meet at the same crossroads. You were the consummate warrior, savior and most importantly a gentleman of values and humble ideals found in ingenuity, intellect and in intuition.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 13, 2018

With impeccable honor and distinction of both dignity and integrity you worked on Dade County streets bringing back harmony and unity to all residents, Officer Cook. You wanted to become a police officer and you were simply a well loved and cherished comrade to all your fellow officers who too fought this seemingly difficult foe. Wickedness unleashes such terrible violence all you could do, Officer Cook, was your job and its associated roles. A tall order for a young and talented man of mercy, goodwill and character always to be solemnly honored and so saluted for valor and courage above the calls of duty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Enhancement will be here forever thanks to your humility to humanity and grace and nobility to our community.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 13, 2018

Measuring bravery and honesty equally, you can't travel down those trails of tenacity unless good character and morals follow close behind. For your patrols of Dade County and its citizens, Officer Cook, you were there to share and always accountable for your humble, humane and heroic actions. It is still a shame violence had taken your young life. Your sacrifice shows the gallantry and humility of good devoted and dedicated public servants. Their commitments underline the need to tame evil and keep peace and tranquility stapled as one. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The torch of your ferocity still and always will burn bright, Officer Cook. Dade County's gentleman, friend and savior.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 13, 2018

Fair, balanced and impartial, they run parallel to honesty, integrity and dignity. You cannot have one without the other. You possessed all the proper traits and attributes to get the tasks at hand done, Officer Cook. Dade County was in morally righteous character, conviction and commitment when you patrolled for peace and its harmonious affects. You can be sure you'll always be so humbly and humanely honored and squarely saluted for reverence, resolve and and respect that comes with the territory. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of motivation, imagination and the ingenuity to see your pathways in life and during your watch deemed complete.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 12, 2018

Resurrecting resolve and resiliency is the noble way to battle an enemy so far and wide. Officer Cook, you were a beloved and darling gentleman of gallantry and valor whose life and career allowed Dade County residents to live peacefully and to be allowed to pursue the happiness we all look to share. Nothing though is granted as it all mustearned just as honesty, integrity and the comportment of dignity and character. The highest standard of morals was on your uniform and badge of boldness. Humility and respect for a high stress job, this was your calling, a wise and excellent choice for saving all mankind. Saluted and so honored for conviction and desire that only brings decency into clearer focus. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 12, 2018

A snail's pace does not work so well in the fight for peace and serenity. Officers must be frantic and ferocious in their efforts to calm down people and restore order. Bedlam and kayos must not have liberties to go wherever. In Dade County, Officer Cook, you provided wonderful and meaningful honesty, dignity and integrity all in God's heavenly name. Cherished and admired for being a humble hero with a humane commitment to seeing justice dispatched smartly and rightfully. Never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The causes were present and you acquitted yourself, Officer Cook, wisely and with wisdom and vision to see your travels through.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 12, 2018

Foul ups and blunders may never cross paths as they disturb the normal rituals of humility, honor and tenacity. Put everything in one basket as you rightfully did, Officer Cook and dignity, integrity and character receives an A plus. Same for morals and principles which worked well in keeping Dade County and its folks calm, secure and preserved. You'll not be overlooked nor forgotten for heroically saving lives of citizens and your fellow officers who went out searching for clues on how to keep serenity tied firmly together. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The stars burn brightly and so do those of Our Creator's angelic men and women of desire and decency. Keep humble and humane, humanity follows those trails nicely in order to succeed and to pursue happiness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 11, 2018

Gallantry and honor are not gift wrapped and handed out. One must earn their stripes and rewards for reverence and resolve. All integrity, dignity and character has to be channelled from within that servant's heart and soul of serenity. Sometimes the secrecy is better told of a loved one by those who live on to treasure their memory. Your life and career, Officer Cook, protecting Dade County residents stands tall and humble as does you hope, mercy and commitment transmitted to other brave and loyal comrades of class and civility. Our safety and unity were brought about by long and diligent work employing the best of boldness and the finer points of perseverance and persistence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. At least, Officer Cook, the heart of a hero and its soul, your beloved soul shine on forever illuminating God's eternal shelters of safekeeping where nothing will ever harm you anymore.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 11, 2018

Curtain calls are for actors. Awards and honorable mentions are for honest, hard working and humane public servants who go out of their way to champion peace and goodwill among mankind. You did this faithfully each day, Officer Cook and you have been respected and saluted for decency, desire and devotion to all humanity. No telling what the good Lord had in mind when He took you back to His humble abode. I would imagine to serve and to duly patrol His streets, golden and sacred, filled with serenity and contentment for all those humble and valued angelic heroes and heroines of legitimacy. Your journeys, missions and achievements have been engraved upon walls of marble here in Miami and in Our Nation's Capitol. Sanctity, civility and nobility are stand tall. A true hero's legacy fulfilled. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The smile and endearment were present we just miss you as does your beloved family and colleagues, crusaders who fought the never ending war against wickedness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 11, 2018

Police work is like a ferris wheel that spins around as all honest, brave and devoted public servants race to those dangerous calls where almost anything can happen. And it is up to them to serve, protect and even sadly enough make that ultimate sacrifice in order for peace and unity to follow along in the footsteps of ferocity. Always the loyal and faithful servant, Officer Cook, you kept character, conviction and commitment attached to your person at all times. Life is not simply a bowl of cherries, it's a tall order and a challenge for the most morally respected men and women of dignity and integrity. Carnivals are fun. Professionalism is no picnic by any means. Dade County and its citizens were well looked after by you, Officer Cook, a man of humility, a gentleman of gallantry and an individual of intense intellect, vision and the knowledge that led you to assist other brave comrades. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. With desire, dedication and determination can we hopefully one day stem this tide of terror. Like a downpour it drenches us and never seems to abate.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 11, 2018

Even for the honorable and humble brave souls of safety and enhancement, earthly possessions do not travel to the next world with their souls. But what they take with them is the loving respect and satisfaction of performing their tasks with character, values and tenacity. All the tact you had, Officer Cook, was on your sleeves when you patrolled the many areas of Dade County. A community where you were accountable, dependable and responsible for life and property. A hero of class, faith, esteem and devotion to the core principles of integrity and those journeys of justice and fairness for each individual. God values His talented and humane public servants and never takes His eyes off of them as they endeavor to navigate around turmoil and bedlam. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You carried your righteousness and humility squarely on Badge#1664 and you'll be fondly remembered for the highest of moral standards.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 10, 2018

The good, bad and ugly, they all commandeer a part of our lives. Public servants run out on patrol preserving and saving life never really knowing if they will return at the end of their shifts in peace and security. Its value so instrumental in having peace and happiness, good health and prosperity forever linked to conviction and commitment. You were an integral part, Officer Cook, of Dade County's landscape many decades ago and yet for all your bravery, courage and valor, you were there to save your fellow officers and those civilians involved in this evil web of terror which took your young life and career away from you, your family and colleagues who too fought off evil. Integrity and dignity along with honor and humbleness can most times help to ward off wickedness. Your heroically humane actions that awful day, Officer Cook, will forever be cherished and duly honored, etched in our hearts and minds and saluted for having unselfish commitment to both excellence, pride and the wiseness of sight to take a stand. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Keep observing us from God's fertile palace high above.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 10, 2018

God rules the world. A world where crime and evil still rules some venues. Therefore it's necessary to have honest and devoted crime fighters such as yourself, Officer Cook, serving and protecting our liberties and freedoms. You certainly displayed all the morals, integrity and character to willingly battle such as fierce foe. And for your courageous spirit of heart and humility may you be saluted for eternity. Only a humble hero of respect and loving admiration. You were one of Dade County's many superior public servants who donned his badge and uniform with dignity, wisdom and unwavering vision. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heaven's lights are always aglow with the many angelic heroes and heroines who laid their lives down as you did, Officer Cook, keeping peace, sanity and civility in top notch shape for all mankind.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 10, 2018

The basis for good relationships is brought about through courage, wisdom and dignity. The inherent trait of this is one who keeps their honor and humility guarded within their badge of boldness and a crisply worn uniform of understanding and self-sacrifice. You gave us, Officer Cook, the tenacity with which to live peacefully and to pursue a happiness in our lives not always so simple to fully comprehend. We here in Dade County try to remember those heroes and heroines who fought the good fight and brought resiliency and proficiency into our homes through goodwill, peace and prosperity. Determination and motivation enabled you to proudly lead others through thick and thin. Evil is like a wildfire fire, its flames enormous and ferocious, you just did your professional part superbly, Officer Cook. Others now have a staunch and even tougher challenge awaiting them. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 9, 2018