Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
If you are humble and honest, respect and admiration will follow your life and career of dignity and integrity. Dade County witnessed greatness every moment in badge#1664, yours, Officer Cook, its hero and of course your loved ones too. So much has been said and written regarding your heroism and esteemed sincerity. Of course humanity wanted you to live on so they could feel your gentle presence and warm smile to adore. Our Master has your heart, spirit and soul sheltered for safekeeping as you now patrol those golden roads paved by your angelic virtue and passionate diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
You were a well oiled and well respected man of means, Officer Cook. Mettle.Pure honor and genuine love for his family, community and department peers who served with you. Their hero who gave his life for Dade County to live in serenity. Dignity, character and integrity reside supremely in heaven where all angels soar higher. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
You can never be without a thought or notice of a man's heart, honored courage and his unwavering and undying humility. It fit the picture of yourself, Officer Cook, forever a hero of trust and tenacity given back to Dade County's folks. One gentleman of humble dignity, composed integrity and never relenting resilience to be remembered by your family and colleagues. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Terror and torment are those lighting rods of destruction and ruin. But, your peaceful journeys in and around Dade County, Officer Cook, were heroically defined as what all brave and decent servants are all about. You were created to be a force and certainly with a trail of ferocity following your insightful integrity and desired dignity while on patrol everyone from your supervisors to comrades understood onus and achievement were going to be completed properly. Saluted for unselfish boldness and for building cornerstones of intuition and ingenuity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
You plug in the cord something should light up. If a worthy servant has the gears turned up then their honesty, integrity and dignity should define everything proper and morally outstanding. Your years of life and in serving Dade County, Officer Cook, were marked by a semblance of harmony, a sense of serenity and a hero of hope and truthful devotion always cherished and revered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Your composure and command, Officer Cook, is surely to be commended. Its courage and gusto helped to stop a wayward and evil man from destroying the civility and sacred missions of all Dade County. You are certain to be remembered and revered for honesty, integrity and dedicated integrity and commitment. Treasured and most tenacious. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Those cruel and crude commit callous acts of torment which hurt the quietness that mankind looks forward to. You gave so much pride and humane excellence to residents of Dade County, Officer Cook, so brave and gallant, honored and dignified while composing his integrity in your trustworthy character. Never forgotten and fondly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Your book of life, Officer Cook, was joyful and never one of doubt. As you always handled your business in Dade County with righteousness, devotion to morals and all the incorporation of integrity, dignity and sanctity which brought good nature and good cheer to those desiring hopeful truth and tranquility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. As an angel the humble book of heightened resolve stays enriched forevermore.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Police must be self starters motivated to finish their professional roles, tasks and assignments given to them everyday. You made security, serenity and safety a by-product for Dade County citizens. Always distributing goodwill, heroically stoic honesty, enhanced dignity and the tireless effort of integrity to be cherished, shared and solemnly saluted forever caring and giving. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Accountability is a very valued and proven commodity for any worthwhile public servant. You served Dade County, Officer Cook, with all honor, all integrity and dignity that conveyed the style of your faithfully heroic personality. The bonds were formed and humility within your heart was legendary. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Flexibility and dependability are the essentials to any law profession. Your personal esteem and heroic honesty, Officer Cook, have never been forgotten here in Dade County nor across our country. You were consummate in courage and conviction, stoic and sterling in integrity and in dignity, replete with values, ideals and scruples, all of which made up your unassumingly unselfish character and respect for humanity. Humility and acumen right from your golden heart which preserved our peaceful missionsof hope, faith and goodwill to be saluted for eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 24, 2020
Ultra experience, ultra energy and effort mean the honorable character is more prominent. The dignity and respect, the integrity and sacred civility always showed your uniqueness and the virtue, Officer Cook, grinded out newer pastures of peace and prominence for all Dade County people. With unselfish and undying heroism that was directed toward your battles, it is all why you will remain treasured and most notably esteemed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The heavenly palaces are replete with resolve and angelic valor.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
Religion and faith are like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You don't need both for for a sandwich, but, you need honesty, integrity and dignity to stand trustworthy, truthful and most resourceful during your everyday shift. Nothing less, all humility and heart made you a supreme hero here in Dade County, Officer Cook. You battled and fought until your last breath of boldness, bravery and character ran out. God took you and your family greatly misses you and your virtuously humane smile. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Somewhere above in those fruited plains is where your spirit and soul revolve around us watching over family,comrades and friends as they journey for hope, goodwill and some prospect of happiness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
Firmness yields fairness and when placed where its affects will bring accomplishment you'll know you got the job done right. Neveran easy time defending us when despair wants to set in. But, you worked an toiled, Officer Cook, with every last ounce of energy and heart to dismiss evil from Dade County and its people. Honor, dignity and integrity always meshed so heroically to produce those humble results. Just that day after six years of loyalty and twenty-five years of life Our Lord needed your sweet and sacred soul and spirit back next to Him to be cradled and comforted. Eternal rest for a savior and a virtuous prince of perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
Those rods and reels of resolve once they are cast into the streets all must yield resilience, resolve and sure resourcefulness and all through your unwavering faith and spirit ofvirtue, Officer Cook, will you and your life protecting Dade County be solemnly remembered. Every chance taken was supported by loyalty, reverence and respect for society. A gentleman gracing God's heavens with all his trust and truthful missions undertaken and fulfilled in the Lord's eyes and ears of perfection. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
Fear is a healthy feeling but in police work it cannot go into left field leaving one with trepidation and fright. You'll surely remain highly regarded for posterity and all the dexterity, Officer Cook, in leading others during times of duress. Dade County witnessed true heroism and dignified respect all from a young man of hope and good nature to be surely paid homage for your life and humbleness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
Putting a straight face into a situation that is difficult is what faith means to a servant of par excellence. Only the finest of ferocity filtered into dignity, integrity and humble honor. Dade County was certainly blessed by your structure of good character, fine morals and outstanding virtue, Officer Cook, which placed a semblance of tranquility back at those windows welcoming unity and prosperity. Never forgotten and always solemnly saluted for gallantry and sanctity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
Expedience only makes quicker the responses to peril and danger. As devoted and as honest as you always were, Officer Cook, so too could Dade County and its folks bask in the sunlight of serenity and hopeful goodwill. Your heroic intuition, intelligence and integrity staved off more undue harm upon those wanting safe havens. A man of stellar and sterling character soaring as an angel higher every moment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
A man of humility with an unselfish heart and soul serving Dade County with all his might and giving life and his career so that evil, violence and terror wouldbe permanently off the streets. Your honesty, integrity and dignity, Officer Cook, was most heroic and humane. Your family and colleagues will not forget your humble esteem, courage and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 23, 2020
The papers said it all. A loyal soldier gave his soul so our hearts could beat furthermore. Yes, Officer Cook, your unassuming dignity and valor were exposed here in Dade County to assist your comrades in stopping one wayward and sinister young man. A man whose had a girlfriend and I believe a child. An individual who lived with three generations of family and who should have valued respect, honor and integrity as you certainly did. You and Nancy were both raised with values, mettle and proper conduct. No man can get married to a wonderful wife you had for four all too short years of sacred bounty to Karen, without these traits. So humble and humanely valiant, yet beneath it all heart and soul functioning to both protect and serve as one entity. You'll be fondly, stoically and solemnly saluted for grace and composure under pressure and be thought of as your family's own heroic warrior. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
A most beautiful and humble caption for you, Officer Cook, "He was humbly honest and gave his life for his community and comrades to continue their fights for freedom while living their hopes and dreams." Yours too, Officer Cook, a Dade County hero whose legacy stands tall and reaches far beyond the plains of heaven. A heart and soul whose dignity and integrity made your character more sincere and trusted than evermore. So much affectional pride and excelling deep within the confines of where evil creates that unbearable torment and turmoil that confounds and confuses mankind at moments of happiness and pleasure. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
Nine years from now it will be fifty years since you left this world defending us and your loved ones from all this seemingly perpetual violence. An event that rocked mankind that fatefully traumatic day of May 16, 1979, when you gave the ultimate sacrifice of honesty, integrity and dignity to permit Dade County to live and to breath more freely. Wonderful integrity. Welcomed morals. Dignity, respectful character all gained by earning your lot and for reverence of your parents and sister. My Nancy and her family, Officer Cook, live and be well as your heart, soul and spirit rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero along side of your beloved folks. God really has those foundations and firmly implanted cornerstones cradled in His loving arms for love and safety. Eternity has all the accountability, visibility, durability, capability and responsible versatility never ending. Only welcomed and treasured forevermore.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
All facts of a case must be truthfully dealt with and the hope of sincere resolution must be near. They all trump fiction, fallacy and anything not closely tied to law and order. Officer Cook, you were an honorable young man whose values, views and vision have always been remembered as the knots to Dade County being treated and served with heartfelt fairness and justice that brought hope and good cheer to its residents. For certain your dignity, character and integrity have been absent yet they remain closely imbued within your family's missions of peace, prosperity good health and a brighter future because of your unwavering and unselfish loyalty to peers, brave and persevering. Things hopefully will get clearer as your heroic legacy watches over them and society in general. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
All else need not fail. For during trying times of terror all excellent public servants stand ready for the challenges that confront humanity. Humility and heart were your borders of strength and boldness that's for sure, Officer Cook. A model citizen and a professional law abiding officer whose reputation and cherished name preceded you and your missions of goodwill, hope and faithfulness. Dade County misses its beloved heroes and so does their loved ones. Your shrine of sincerity rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in the blue skies above where you'll always share a front row seat with other angels, the flock of ferocity patrolling those pearliest of venues for eternity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
The gardens of heaven are enhanced by loyal and humble angels of valor and truth. Their versatility and heroic virtue stood loud and most certainly crystal clear. Your uniform and represented all Dade County and the entire police nation, Officer Cook. A man of fairness, but firm and so loyal in those wars over wickedness. You can be perfectly clear that honor, integrity and dignity were the instruments used to gain our freedoms and securities. Never forgotten and proudly saluted for attitude, fortitude and all the wrappings of wisdom, vision and clarity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020