Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

To unearth evil, you must dig and search for its roots. Violence and torment lay down roots tough to cut and their barks bigger and fiercer than ever. For your resolve and faith, Officer Cook, Dade County and its folks relied upon your versatility, reliability and responsibility to take shape and so did your heroic morals, honesty the paths of integrity and wisdom of having and keeping dignity during dire circumstances. Always treasured and always fully saluted for humility and the visions of being loyal to the causes. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Acumen stands alone with perseverance and persistence helping the brave and honest to police their venues. Dade County just as other locations needs good and tough minded officials and your blessed and heroic name, Officer Cook, made that distinct impression. Commendable character, concise commitment and a caring and most compassionate disposition all allowed you the opportunity to tunnel deeper in search of truth and trust while the ordeals of wickedness were upon us. Solemnly honored and etched forever in our hearts and of course your mother and family are in my prayers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Evil does not need egging on. What must be etched on and elevated is one's demeanor, desire and dignity while propelling their humble effort, efficiency and energy to solve and to resolve this and many other crises. A gallant man and honorable, Officer Cook, you steered Dade County away from harm and heroically saved your colleagues and citizens that fateful afternoon. All the love and affection for a man of character and a solid constitution. Life goes on without a most devout and indeed a serenely earnest man of intellect and ingenuity. A lesson in humility and the virtues of having tremendous awareness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Boldness blossoms. Wickedness withers. When violence, terror and evil have been permanently terminated by our beloved public servants, then and only then can mankind set its sails and go forward. Nothing needs more cajoling or stroking than a community downtrodden by evil. It only takes one to trigger a fracas and that awful day Mr. Pearsall had in mind something sinister and very diabolical. Your good intentions, Officer Cook, were to counteract his advances here in Dade County and pursue peaceful means to ending this ugliness. Your character, commitment to excellence and convictions were what humanity looked forward to. Eternal life has rewards for diligent and most heroically faithful service with a real zest and youthful enthusiasms. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Destiny's directions can only travel one way, straight forward in tenacity and real live and living honesty and the panels of integrity and dignity that brave souls utilize to fight through evil and whatever follows. You had a very happy life, Officer Cook, twenty-five short years of success as a Dade County police hero. One man's rotten paths took your life and nearly those of your esteemed and valiant comrades. The seed for humility and sanctity was implanted in your soul at a very young age and so with that in mind did you compose yourself justly. Greatly missed and serenely saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Flowers bring back all the memories. Integrity, honor and dignity bring your family, Officer Cook, back to your heroically humble and stable life of character. Never rude, rebellious or out of turn, your display of ethics and a good habit brought some everlasting peace and quiet to Dade County and its people. A gentleman with a glowing heart and the concern of his community, you 'll be revered, respected and cherished for vision and wisdom that chased after evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Mercy and hope inspire humility in a person's goodwill. Your personality, Officer Cook, inspired other brave and honorable women and men to motivate others during stressful times. You were a humble man raised with the fabrics of ferocity and all the wholesome esteem, dignity and integrity that is essential to battling turmoil and torment. Your passing, untimely as it was left that gaping hole in your family that continues your heroic legacy as their peace and joy were as important as yours. Lives matter and your missions and journeys were exactly your dreams and goals that you accomplished during your sad and short life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. With hope and perseverance can we pursue those tasks left unrealized by your tragic absence. Society is a less safe since you joined other brave warrior sin heaven. keep looking down Officer Cook. You were a cherished soul who will never be forgotten.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Our Lord's resolve is fair and merciful to all mankind. Just as your loyalty and life, Officer Cook, were compassionate and civil. It validates your heroic legacy where all Dade County was saved from intense evil. One man without regard for human life violating the public trust as well as your morals, decency, integrity and dignity. At least you never dodged terror and stood in there fighting and preserving our honor. Our Creator has your spirit, Officer Cook, wrapped in His wings for eternal safekeeping. Never anymore harm only homage and solemn salutes paid to a real human being and a most gallant gentleman. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

The most routine and mundane of tasks must be handled as all assignments must be, by honor, integrity and dignity. Violence must be stopped and its our beloved and esteemed of women and men whose reflection of morals and values carries its humble weights. Dade County was your location, Officer Cook, where your years were spent policing and serving us. Humanity and humility go together as does serenity and safety. You were the consummate public servant, humane and heroic, Officer Cook, forever young and brave. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Police resolve through respect, resourcefulness and honesty. Nothing that day of May 16, 1979 could have ever been worse for your family and department, Officer Cook, than your life being taken doing your due diligence protecting and serving the citizens of Dade County. A man revered by his peers and family, your humility and heroism has been forever jettisoned to a newer height. heaven is where you can forever walk that proverbial beat with your integrity and character following close behind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2019

Conceit clouds an otherwise eventful day. Mistrust keeps those doors of honor and faith locked. Integrity and dignity prevent more calamity. Surely,your heroism and character, Officer Cook, offered Dade County and its residents the opportunity to experience real down to earth serenity and unity. Never overlooked nor forgotten. Society and mankind were sincerely and decently protected by your everlasting gentle wings of valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 4, 2019

Crusades are for the bravery. Unfortunately, deceit is for those inclined to commit diabolical acts of violence. A man of humane and heroic honor and truth , yourself, Officer Cook, striving to be the very best servant of dignity and integrity who shall never be forgotten. Dade County has made some progress since your untimely death. Senseless evil perpetrated against a loving , faithful and dedicated gentleman whose soul rides upon those wings of angels. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 4, 2019

The crown of a man's life is their humble honor and how they compose themselves during stressful times. You comported yourself, Officer Cook,with humility and dignity that helped your vision and integrity get us through violent times. Never more admired and revered forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of enhancement, engagement and enrichment. Dade County was under the excellent levels of protection and prudent perseverance.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 4, 2019

Evil can bankrupt a world filled with wonder and amazement. Duly honest and brave men and women preserving peace and unity never an easy job. The tasks all mount and become much tougher even for the most skilled and astute of public servants. Dade County relied upon your diligence and humble instincts, Officer Cook, to see things until their finish. Just a crying shame the conclusion came before you had a chance to continue improving our ways of living. Always the most loyal and respectable of character and humility to give society a new lease on life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 4, 2019

Destinations are society's most sacred journeys to peace and harmony. Your dreams and goals, Officer Cook, took you to Dade County where your honorable and humanely heroic service assisted in delivering tranquility and resolve to an area that needed calming. Humanity had your greatest humility, Officer Cook and now that has been tragically taken to heaven where you now patrol God's pearliest of gates. The gallantry and gumption of a very dignified and deserving man of character. Integrity and wisdom brought resolve and some semblance of restoration from a community somewhat eroded by the sense of evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 4, 2019

Desire is what officers are hired for and their humble honesty. Your blessed journeys and faithful missions, Officer Cook, were to seek peace and to chase after evil on behalf of Dade County. You were a supremely compassionate public servant who steered goodwill and integrity into your entire body of work. Resolve and trust. Truth and serenity can and usually makes a distinct impression. A cherished soul of character whose heroic deeds have kept enhancement's flames burning brighter than ever. Humanity misses your loving and sweet presence, Officer Cook, heaven has a grand man and a very decent human being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 4, 2019

Even compassion can cause the greatest of pains when you think solace will comfort and support those in obvious sorrow. Your family losing you, Officer Cook, was difficult and tough enough. You were their rock of Gibraltar who banded them together after your father's passing. If honor, dignity and integrity cannot bring some reason of satisfaction, heaven help us. You did provide many pleasant moments for your family and shared in shrewdly stopping evil before may 16, 1979. Harmony and its stable of balances all by your bravery and boldness, Officer Cook. Honored. Saluted . Most of all humility greatly missed! Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Crossing those paths and meeting back at the corners , it was your solemn duty, Officer Cook, to secure and to deter violence from Dade County's midst. Only your good grace and valor combined with refined character, honesty and the validation of excellent integrity and dignity prevented more adverse evil that very traumatic day when you sacrificed your humane and noble life, Officer Cook. Heroism and humility crashing those boards to bar mayhem and bedlam from crushing our serenity and unity. A good man honored and etched in rich history of Dade County's top notch police department. Forevermore, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Posterity is a form of showing off. Honest and dignified heroes don't boast or brag, they get down to the real business at hand, saving and protecting lives. Something you exposed to, Officer Cook. A real mindful man, integrity and passion whose exploits lead the way here in Dade County. Our liberty, freedoms and prosperity all tied to your gallant resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Keep us in that eternal loop, Officer Cook. A circle of friendship, honor and dignity through bravery and integrity's eyes and ears. One man, one decent hero and superior human being foiling evil's trails in Dade County. For commandeering courtesy and consideration, may God bless and gave honors to your spirit of humanity. Humility and peaceful pursuits now directed by Our Merciful One Blessed be He. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Heat can have an adverse affect on one's own body. But, that does not excuse shooting police officers and taking you, Officer Cook, forever away from your loved ones. You brought gallantry and diligence to your daily roles and for having honor and respect , may God so heroically reward your mortal soul of esteem and efficiency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Once a bomb explodes it's kind of like a gun going off. You cannot take anything back. Nothing ever taken for granted, Officer Cook, a soul of a man and a rock of solid honor and integrity through wisdom and vision's own two eyes. Dade County was better prepared for a bright future because of you, Officer Cook. A gem who battled violence an displayed the constitution to continue your fruitful journeys. Never the less , Our Creator has your soul securely tucked in for safekeeping. Brave and bold equals resolve and effort. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Courage and honor are tools of the profession to be handled with extreme caution. They are appliances of being astute and having the faculties of awareness and acumen. Your whole life and public career, Officer Cook, rotated around the axis of honesty and integrity. It surely made your dignity and character that much more humane and heroic while saving Dade County from the throes of evil. Your family and peers all have saluted your wonderful soul of unity and liberty, humility's response to one's fighting heart of gold. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

When one gallant and humble servant falls all men and women fall. Success and failure generate enough motivation to capture an enemy that can take its toll on any venue. You planned and prepared for a fight, Officer Cook, not just on May 16, 1979, everyday. Once sparks fly, ferocity and dignity must fly with honor and reverence. You remain a trusted and faithful man who assisted in bringing in peace and the frames of more security than ever before. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Tense and emotional are the moments when terror strikes a community. You lead others,Officer Cook, through hazardous conditions when you patrolled the Dade County venues. Never more honor, vigilance and vitality then when you applied your heroic stamina and the integrity that makes dignity mean something. Mankind salutes your valor, humility and kind gestures of faith and hope as you endeavored to battle this monster of a nemesis. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019