Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

The departed rest in peace on their pillows of honor and humbleness. Your career missions and journeys of faith and renewal, Officer Cook, brought the citizens of Dade County closer to harmony and liberty than we could ever recognize. The dignified and those with character and heroic integrity are so revered for honoring us with their compassionate presence of mind and soul. Your life, Officer Cook, though short in duration was the prime example of pristine vision and of chartered wisdom way beyond your years of experience in breaking through those barriers of obstructions which evil and violence are. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 15, 2019

Not everyone is a choirboy or choirgirl. Perfection rests mightily in Our Master's golden thrones, His seats where brave and humble angels, heroes and heroines fought tooth and nail for quiet and harmony. Your life and years, Officer Cook, were spent toiling for trouble in Dade County on behalf of its people. So looking and protecting our peace and character is how you are going to be honored and dignified as a public servant of truth and trust. Commitment and enrichment to stay with us forever as your soul of compassion rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The brights lights are still aglow and your smile, Officer Cook, keeps reverberating back to us and your family. Serious and yet serenely prideful of your assignments to eradicate wickedness and turmoil from our midst.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 15, 2019

Going in reverse when evil is going full steam ahead will not abort nor deter its rounds of real ruination. Your solid and most heroic of honest efforts, Officer Cook, prevented more bedlam, mayhem and chaos that awful day in Dade County than we could ever imagine. Our stability and civility all came about through your undying and unwavering support to right a ship bound for disaster. One man like a knife through hot butter shooting your other colleagues, taking your life of character and dignity, Officer Cook, while your integrity focused its resolve upon all your earthly journeys in a place you called home. Eternity has your valiant soul of humility and blessing eating the very fruits of your labors, all too short, but, plenty of memories to be shared I'm sure. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 served sincerely preserved with precision, hope and loyalty in esteem and devotion.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 15, 2019

Distance does not deter one from thinking of their loved ones. Heaven is the quintessential venue where one's virtuous honor, humble heroism and dignified integrity are kept sealed for eternal safekeeping and now that your role, Officer Cook, is as a keeper of those pearly gates where you walk those sacred paths and humane trails where harm will never bother your mortal soul ever again. Dade County was the location where your career began and ended all too sadly at the hands and venom of a vile individual. The character, the charming personality and humility will be solemnly saluted and etched upon our hearts and minds. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 15, 2019

A beautiful soul of a young man so humble and bold. It told your heroically honorable story, Officer Cook and for persevering in character and dignity, may Our Lord hold close to His side your unwavering and unselfish integrity which shielded all Dade County from violence. You were a fine human being, Officer Cook, who dedicated his life and career to public service and to preserving sanctity and civility on those streets where evil looked to impede our progressive journeys here at home. Always well regarded, well revered and respected as a hero and as a warrior who fought with every ounce of conviction and passion until your last breath. Your family, peers and friends all hoped you would be here to see all those enhancing changes thanks to your unbridled gallantry which served humanity quite well. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 15, 2019

That barge of brilliance still stays anchored down within God's fruitful confines in heaven where angels of valor patrol those pearly gates of honor, dignity and integrity. Dade County where you battled evil, Officer Cook, had its doors and gates open wide to receive your charming disposition and stoic honor and loyal integrity. It is what has made your soul heroic and for having the character and complete package of perseverance and pristine stewardship in defending our rights and liberties, eliminating fear and regret, we must stand tall and unified in honoring your memory, mettle and precise reasons as to why you acted, functioned and behaved in a Godly fashion. Of course you were raised with humility, civility and nobility. All the concern, care and consideration to acquit yourself during many a bloody moment. I have not forgotten your memory, your spirit nor your everlasting durability, reliability and accountability. Our Creator has His entire troops of tenacity feverishly patrolling those proverbial streets where sanctity must rule. In His perfect world violence, terror and wickedness can never tear down those pathways set for our happiness and vision to march on. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 14, 2019

Taking a wonderful man's life and career out from under him only set the wheels of justice spinning that much more faster. Trust underlying the truth and Dade County, a community so expansive it took all your heroic resources, Officer Cook, to see its folks through to some semblance of tranquility and a better quality of life. Character is the theme of honesty, dignity and the transparency of true integrity which fight long and hard those battles where boldness and courage must somehow dig in. You were so destined for greatness my neighbor, friend and hero. Just why? Why did Mr. Pearsall have to take your life of resolve, resiliency and hope away from your family, friends and gratefully heroic comrades? Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 14, 2019

Destiny tries to distance itself from doom. Destruction only serves as a divisive instrument of humanity. We want peace and the buildings where only the foundations and cornerstones are set in humble honor, dignity and the humility that only excellent integrity creates. You formed a bond of goodwill with Dade County, Officer Cook, tobe solemnly remembered as a hero of instinctual motion. Never missing a detail, never lacking in charm and consideration and always the politeness of a young man, a brave gentleman searching for the scaffolds of security. Never far from our hearts and surely watching from the highest points in the big blue sky. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 14, 2019

Police work accentuates what we know regarding our loved ones who risk their lives of honor, humility for integrity and dignity to reign on the streets where havoc and bedlam exist. Dade County was your domain, Officer Cook, your community and place where you placed your resolve and heroism in harm's way to protect and to serve the public interests. As sincere as you were and as much as your fine upstanding character engaging and enriched lives, so many paid tribute and salute your undying and unselfish tenacity, loyal and faithful, serene and proud. Your uniform you wear forevermore, Officer Cook, is significant of the price you paid for our fruitions and joys to occur everyday and since you went to heaven you continue to be missed very much by your family and peers of esteem and valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 14, 2019

I meant to say, Officer Cook, that honor, dignity and integrity must never stop climbing to the highest sphere of service. Chipper, charming, upbeat and most positive, the results of your six years of service, Officer Cook, demonstrated excellent results on Dade County's behalf. Solid morals, honesty, integrity and dignity desirable and intense during those heated wars over adversity. Your character and ideals will be saluted, etched into our hearts and minds and never overlooked. A uniform pressed and donned with pride and the assurances of dependable effort. Humble and treasured. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. If walls needed to be climbed to save lives, there you were, Officer Cook, all present and accounted for. Vigilant and versatile. The fights rage on and your spirited soul observes and assists Our Creator in making certain those who protect the public interest are safe and secure.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

The elevator to that proverbial penthouse of perseverance, precision and proficiency must never stop honor, integrity and dignity must never stop. It must keep uplifting the character, courage and the forceful commitments and convictions of all public servants strong willed and brave of heart. Your meter of achievement and advancement probably would have ascended, Officer Cook, if not for one man's persistent violence against you and your Dade County comrades all loyal, devoted and resolute in their humane and heroic fights versus violence. You'll always be a legend of the highest level of humility, trust and heroism. Now and forevermore are you held, Officer Cook, in God's arms of compassion for safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

Pure and honest speech leads to clean and concise thoughts. Your respect and language, Officer Cook, was of the highest standards and precisely why you have been paid honor and homage for sacrificing over forty years ago for determination, truth and trust to judiciously carry on. Dade County owes you a debt of gratefulness, Officer Cook, which may never be repaid to a man, a gentleman whose life and heart was of proper integrity and the stellar character which is required and expected from all duly sworn public servants who race right into the thorns of terror and danger. You endeavored to reach out and stop a man from causing bodily injury to yourself, your colleagues and most importantly to the people whom you devotedly served. Our harmony, unity and liberty came as a direct result of your undying and unending efforts to settle a difficult event before it grew into a more chaotic set of circumstances which tragically took your life, Officer Cook, in the performance of your professional duties and responsibilities. Burdens and onuses are at times hard to juggle, one man cannot go at violence alone. Badge#1664 will be valiantly saluted and honored for mettle, morals and fundamental values, scruples and ideals intended to enhance the fabric of society. Humility and humbleness are now and for eternity tightly fastened around Our Lord's shoulders from safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

Like a rabid animal, violence and terror spread quickly if not grabbed and stopped right away. For Dade County and its citizens' sakes, thankfully you responded to that call, Officer Cook, domestic or otherwise who could contemplate what more might have occured? Action does not always mean yelling, screaming or acting out of kilter. It means keeping honest and calm while trying to solve a major situation. Your demeanor and decency displayed why you are hailed as a savior and have been remembered for unquestionable character, humble commitment to only excellence and the vital convictions that often determine the outcome. of course that day your family, comrades and host of friends and acquaintances wished it would have been different. Now you are a heroic angel, Officer Cook fitted with wings to utilize your vigilance and due diligence from the perfect perches in the skies of a serene heaven above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

Noticeable to some, yet honor and reverence should not be afraid to distinguish their faces of ferocity while out on patrol absorbing and dealing with any types of problems, all men and women face their inherent dangers with valor and dignity. Always well controlled and well maintained, your integrity and character, Officer Cook, made that indelible impression upon society and in general in Dade County representing its people against the ruins and ravages of a nasty individual bent on pure violence. The day will come for all evildoers to be properly meted out punishments, while the righteous will be graced with their rewards from Our Master high above. For endearing, enriching and enhancing may your soul of humility and security, Officer Cook, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

The elasticity of effort, the honorable bonds of bravery and its humbleness, all meshed very well during your career and life, Officer Cook, serving and protecting the lives and peace here in Dade County. A young man so gifted with dignity and wrapped in integrity whose character helped to conquer callousness and pure evil. A legacy of heroism passed down to all future officers wh otoo face grave dangers and peril at times overseeing our moments of joy and happiness, one shattered that fateful day of May 16, 1979, when you willingly sacrificed your mortal soul on behalf of humanity. This surely embodies the breath of resolve, the actions of resiliency and the unrelenting challenges to dig deeper to battle, claw and fight and scrap with such an ignominious foe. Never forgotten and saluted for loyalty, faithfulness and visionary esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

A quitter has no role in the peace and safety process that demands expedience from its most devoted, determined and dedicated of women and men, all honest, dignified and with integrity of character. Dade County scaled the highest of points in terms of getting quality care in your heroic actions that saved lives of the citizens and those whom you took an affirmation to protect. The gates of heaven are filled with angels all gallant and brave whose courage fortified humanity through their inspirational nobility and humbleness. You are to be rewarded, saluted and honored for advancing mankind's goals, aspirational dreams and pursuits of joy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

There is no clout for one who pouts. Tout honor and humility the way you carried your heroic dignity and integrity, Officer Cook. For a life of service and humble distinction you served Dade County very well acquitting yourself of bravery and high standards for a profession where codes of conduct and relevance are always expected. You never shied away from anything evil, Officer Cook and your resourcefully unwavering and unselfish sacrifice bears these facts out. Hope springs eternal for our very lives, happiness, peaceful futures one that would have been made greater if you were here now with your family and friends, Officer Cook. The skies have your warm and endearing soul of commitment encircling the world looking down on humility and civility been taken out on patrol of those streets where peril and sometimes fate run together. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Amazing man of strength and endurance during those brutal wars over a foe of some feverish ferocity. Thank God your tenacity, Officer Cook, was just what our very spirits needed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

The craziness just continues to fly in. The madness worse than one with mettle and morals. A man so charming and full of decent and most humbly honorable character filling his roles of solving and resolving with all his might, with all his heart. you were a grand man, Officer Cook and so Dade County was well taken care of in terms of defending our liberties and priorities. We thank you, Officer Cook, for your honesty, dignity and integrity which gave wickedness the fight of its life. Always well remembered, always faithful and loyal to any and all challenges that were sent your direction. A sacrifice worth paying attention to forevermore. Commitment to stay the course, conviction to courage and character that was and always will be paid homage to. Vital and vigorous in your journeys in life now shuttled to another higher sphere where the pain, hurt and suffering won't ever annoy your soul, Officer Cook. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Enriching means having the gumption and the wisdom of keen sight to view what your objectives are to succeed mightily.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

It's just pathetic all this evil this keeps pervading our society. Good men and women taken from this world and their loving families by an undeniable thirst of some to commit such heinous acts of violence and terror. You prevented, protected and persevered, Officer Cook, as well as any public servant worth their honor, integrity and the characters of dignity. Dade County was well maintained by your unrelenting and very unselfish heroism and passion. Always the treasured and cherished continue sadly to be uplifted to heaven to serve Our Maker as a hero or heroine. The souls and their angel wings keep flying ever so higher everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. geared to gallantry and determined to humbly secure your community that salutes and has respected your legacy, Officer Cook. It keeps illuminating our darkest of skies. Only light shall come from your mortal soul, its spirit compassionate and with a gentle heart of sincerity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

When a brave man or woman encounters evil they never run away. They gallantly and honorably pursue it in an effort to heroically relieve a community such as Dade County from undue harm and even worse fates. You gave your life, Officer Cook, one of dignity and integrity from fortitude to continue marching on. A valiant soul of quality and esteem whose loyalty and faith helped you to optimistically face an enemy so determined to ruin our very values that society live sand thrives for. Always saluted and heroically honored for having the salvation to serve and to preserve the core values of life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

When you observe the pictures, faces and portraits of our very humble and honest heroes and heroines you notice, stability, humility and versatility jump right back at you. Your life and public service career, Officer Cook, has been and is forever duly noted. The dust may have settled, but, the memories are always there among your beloved family members and colleagues of courage, integrity and dignity. Dade County and its residents prospered under your watch over them and your battles trying to maintain calm amid the chaos of violence and terror. A well rounded man of resolve, resilience whose character was vital to the vigilance you kept up while securing and protecting. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

Your life, Mr. Pearsall was a tragedy for you killed a good solid man of honor and integrity in Officer Cook and nearly killed his colleagues that awfully somber afternoon. No matter, Officer Cook, you have been recognized and humbly saluted for having the distinctions of determination, dedication and devotion to duty. Dade County and its people needed the humble esteem, courage and the fountains of ferocity rumbling in your gut, Officer Cook. You never gave in nor caved in to violence. Your instincts, intuition and ingenuity were all of a gallant and fundamentally sound mode. Decades later, " Brother Bill" as you were called paid the dearest price for freedom and unity and won't be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, conviction and sterling commitment to excellence and pride now oozing from your mortal soul in God's celestial kingdom. Wisdom and vision to cherish. Respect and reverence to surely treasure.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

Being timid can surely never whip wickedness. Having tenacity at least points you in the right direction of diligence and honor. It was born from your humble and humanely sound home, Officer Cook, where under the eyes and ears of your lovely and wonderful parents may they now rest in peace was the venue where dignity and integrity were preached, practiced an inbred within your heroic soul of harmony. Dade County would never forget your outstanding, uplifting and cheerful character which led other brave comrades through danger and peril. Humanity was well respected and very well emblazoned with your legacy to carry on forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

Tradition is not superstition. The gallant and honorable who made that supreme sacrifice for liberty and freedom rest soundly in God's lairs of angelic humility. Your dignity and heroic integrity, Officer Cook, are Dade County humble reminders of a man of character devoted to the faithful principles of law and order, fairness and firmness. Our dedication to morals and the finer points of character come directly from your soul and heart. Always in our thoughts as you were a hero of humble perseverance who extolled God's purposes for why we must have violence and evil lifted away from our land. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

A public servant full of haughtiness will never understand humility. What it takes to make a humble servant is the reliances, the assurances that forever as they protect us so too will their honor, integrity and dignity stay affixed to their side. It certainly did you good, Officer Cook and surely enhanced and enriched your life, career and outstanding character. The conclusions to draw not assume is that you were a very faithful and devoted hero who delivered the covenants of peace that covered our very souls like a blanket. God has your humility and wisdom wrapped tightly around His giant palms for perfect preservation. You are very much missed and will be humbly honored for enforcing and connecting with your community that revered, respected and reached out to your blessed heroic name in times of strife and sorrow. Pain and grief from your loss I know was painted on your mother's face and after forty years without her darling and beloved son on March 7th of this year finally was reunited with you and your dad may you all be rewarded by Our Lord and rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019