Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Odds are for sports bettors, those junkies who look to score big. I would rather have a banified man of pride and integrity like yourself, Officer Cook, who served and saved the lives of his brothers and those citizens involved in that domestic unrest that tragic day when you gave your life for salvation and a sense of safety for those choosing a semblance of stability. You took your onuses humbly and willingly risked your soul, Officer Cook, to stave off sinister violence perpetrated by a troubled man, young like yourself. Those fences of ferocity were set up by your heroism and friendship with humanity's friend, humility. Civility on the streets of Dade County was your chief priority and nothing was going to deter your missions and dreams of faith, hope and goodwill for all mankind. Take heart, character and wisdom clearly go well with vision and virtue as they offer clarity into a young hero's valor and explorations of excellence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Police work is not a gambling junket, it is the hopeful pursuits of happiness, unity for all and tranquility for those pursuing goodwill and the challenges of courage and concern. You cared, Officer Cook, we salute your inspirations and ideals of ingenuity and intelligence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

Thank God , Officer Cook, you had more than a clue about what good old fashioned politeness and perseverance was about. It took you into the Dade County neighborhood to serve and to protect its folks and your honor and desire stood those tests of time as did your dignity and integrity which carried sway into those wars over violence. It lead to peace and some staples of unity for a community reaching out to you and your resources of resolve and resiliency. Your unassuming and outstanding character is now and for eternity stored in Our Lord's master havens where heroes and heroines souls of serenity continue at peace. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

If you will it, it will happen. All except death which is a part of the lifecycle process. All who are born shall one day pass on to that eternal world of perfection and partake in the fruits of their sacred work. You lived your life, Officer Cook, most astutely, most humbly and more than anything, most poignantly and honestly. It's in those genes of your esteemed family, your parents in particular where you learned your courtesies, manners and values. Nothing needed to be drummed into your head. Persistence pays huge dividends to those who maintain loyalty and virtue all while staying dignified and with humane integrity. That's what made you a top flight public servant preserving the peace and harmonic stability of all citizens of Dade County. Comrades took their cues of courage from you, Officer Cook, your steadfast and undying determination to make humility from tension and undue unrest was and is how we will so remember you and your treasured soul of tenacity. It's character and clarity buoyed by the hopes and aspirations of boldness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

For the Cook, Wilkerson and Tidwell Families the month of November is a solemn one in which your father, Charles, may he rest in peace and yourself, Officer Cook, may you too rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero are mourned and missed so dearly as the holidays and your birthday and your dad's day of passing roll around. Promises of brighter days ought to be on your horizons and as heroes both you and your father, Officer Cook, are to be honorably saluted. Given wisdom and vision is that humane and humble virtue of dignity, integrity and the tolerances of faith and ideals. It's goodwill being brought back into Dade County to serve the principles by which serenity and freedom go forth proudly. You gave your life and your career deserved the plaudits of perseverance and resolve, homage and humanity fruitfully serving one another with stellar character and the acquitting of acumen and excellence in boldly displaying your badge of honor and reverence. Society so richly distinguishes its heroines and heroes of years past who sacrificed for our destain of dastardly deeds still out and about the various communities in our great nation. One land indivisible with liberty and justice for all. You practiced, preached and protected, Officer Cook, with all your cunning might and cleverness of your heart. Now your soul has been set free to patrol God's golden gates and pearly venues of perfection where no more harm will ever come your way. Take care, Officer Cook and I'll continue praying for your blessed and devoted mother, Mrs.Julia Cook.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

Justice for all carries that hope and solemn responsibility to protect mankind with all your might. With all your heart, Officer Cook, did you give and concise and prudent effort. Dade County reaped the benefits of your distinguished character, class and dedication. All through the channels of goodwill and fairness, integrity, honesty and dignity to be accountable for your actions of bravery, the humbleness of your soul conveyed those important lessons to be forever ingrained in those future public servants who go out and search for peace while trying to get a handle on callousness and its pure wickedness. respected and revered, admired and gallant, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

Drummers march to the same beat. So too are all public servants expected to carry their honesty and heroics on their badges and uniforms. It stands to reason why class and decency must be brought to the streets where one serves. You had your trying times in Dade County, Officer Cook, policing and stopping calamity is no simple fix. Everyday is a test and challenge a sit musters up one's commitment and character while staying open and dignified. Our homes and venues because of your superior and supreme responsibility have been made more decent and serene than ever. Just wished you could have still been here to share in humanity's vision of a healthy and hopeful future. Nonetheless, your soul has been blessed for humility and the sanctity by which you conducted your daily affairs and professional proficiency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

Solace and salvation don't come easy. Bravery and honor don't either. For they must be approached carefully and with the humble engagements of hope. Restoring unity and unity is not and will never be an easy endeavor, for one must place their faith in the Lord as you did, Officer Cook and because of your cherished soul can we say we have some quiet times. Your family suffered mourning your dad's passing and when your life was taken away that gaping hole was just sad. They have tried to march on in their exploits and pursuits of happiness and joy, the same ones you and Karen should be sharing now. Integrity, honesty and dignity remain a vital part of your heroic legacy and will be so firmly honored. Your memory is affixed in those hearts of the loved ones who loved you dearly. Those foundations were laid down by your undying and unselfish charm and convictions never to be overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

Prayer is not a magic wand that makes things disappear. It helps to gives thanks to God. Your family, colleagues and Dade County can be humbly thankful for your loyalest of efforts put forth, Officer Cook. Sinister and heinous, the cowardly actions of a troubled man that cost you your life and a career of honor, dignity and integrity that assisted you in your resolutions in battling evil. Our structure, safety and serene times can be attributed to your heroic and humane actions everyday single watch. Our Maker has humility and your glowing character encased in His shelter of peace in order for your soul to observe your family making their journeys in good health, prosperity and goodwill. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2018

Your tireless effort, Officer Cook, has made Dade County a better place to pitch your tents. To place serenity and hope together never really comes easy. You must keep plugging along and stay as honest and dignified as possible. Gallantry and valor run neck in neck with those humble heroes and heroines who plunge forward with their official duties. We kept praying for a miracle, Officer Cook, that you would survive that tragic day, God had other plans and uplifted your humble and loyal soul to newer spiritual callings where no hurt will occur again and perfection is the very final trip of your life. Keep patrolling those pearly gates where deceit is cast aside and courage is welcomed in with humanely open arms. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

Society's reverence has been delivered by its public servant's respect and resolve to tackle crime and violence with all their might, bravery, honor and character. Your years spent working for Dade County, Officer Cook, were your happiest. No doubt you contributed monumentally to its dignity and integrity and in securing our liberties and freedoms for all citizens. Peace is tough to come by at times and so is unity when partnering with one another. You can be sure, Officer Cook, your soul, your memory and humility were all vitally required in further shaping our enhancements of which you should have been granted a part of. Sacrifice extracts a dear price and the heavens have your soul and its light perpetually shining down upon us and your wonderful family. Missed and more so everyday now that the years keep passing. Humanity does not stand still. Humility keeps reinventing itself in the commitments of other brave and esteemed officers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

Interest piques the heart's desires and so does fate. It is God helping us along on our earthly missions of faith, hope and goodwill. Your journeys of justice and fairness, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County and its residents has served as a teaching lesson for all future officers. A man striding with humble honor, esteemed dignity and stellar integrity will be fondly honored, saluted and remembered for having the wisdom and fortitude of courage and humane heroism. Humanity was well protected and its vitality was restored by your unassuming and unselfish efforts put forth. Now it's plain to see why you had so many friends in and around your perilous position. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Never buffaloed, never bamboozled and most certainly never confused. Our framework of peace and safe passages was laid down by your ferocity and the fruits of your humble labors of love.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

The frightening part of wickedness is that we don't know when it will stop. Letting up is one matter. Stopping forever is another. Your task, Officer Cook, here in Dade County was to stymie serious turmoil before it grew out of proportion/ You accomplished with your best mettle and effort always put forward. Honesty is always going to be the best policy and integrity, dignity and character allowed your trails of tenacity to take firm hold of any situation. Many decades later Badge#1664 is conversed about with the highest respect, admiration for doing a grand job.We salute your humility, a best friend of humanity which got down and dug deeper in this seemingly never ending battle over an adversary so immense it takes an entire department to spread the stability of tranquility and unity over a region. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

When terror explodes all able bodied women and men must be prepared to defend us. No running and shirking serious obligations. You confronted an evil man face to face, Officer Cook, when you came to assist your comrades that fateful day in Dade County, in Liberty City to be exact. Dedicated and smart, honorable and wise, integrity girding your dignity that allowed you the chance to save your colleagues and civilians embroiled in a nasty domestic dispute. For your character, resolve and humility, Officer Cook, may you be humbly saluted and honored for your concern toward our society. A real crying shame violence took you away from your loving family before your time. Our Master had other grand designs for your nobility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Bridges were boldly built by your responsible resiliency. They are now your legacy of the most decorated form of heroism.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

God calls we cannot balk. Walk the walk and stop the talk. Actions of heroism give our mankind the opportunity to flourish prudently and justly. You gave Dade County the courtesy and care, Officer Cook, a man of principles and profound honor. It was your unassuming and undying conviction, commitment and character that sounded those bells of bravery and boldness while out serving and protecting with your inner strength from your dignified heart. A soul of a man and one whose integrity balanced those cornerstones of unwavering power. You were humane and considerate, always a smile, but remember this to serve and to organize stability you had to be noble and humble. Your parents raised a most heroic son and your sister, Nancy, who loved you and greatly misses you this day and forever. You were always there for your mother, Mrs. Julia Cook and she too misses you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

Good relations are vital to the success of any mission. Law enforcement demands competency from its brave and devoted souls of honor and reverence. Respect for humanity is what balances out the power. Authority is one thing, modesty is another. You were greatly admired, Officer Cook, for sheltering those living in Dade County with peace and some promise of hope and goodwill. Always the best effort put forth in character's name and in heaven's blessed home. Eternity is where heroes and heroines live on in spirit for giving us the preservation that our universe desperately needs and wants. It can occur only when is loyal and responsible for their roles of justice. Equal and efficient. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

With Thanksgiving fast approaching best to give Our Lord some prayers of thanks for your life, Officer Cook and those of others who have given the ultimate in honor and commitment. Forgot, first Monday is Veteran's Day and we pay homage to those who served and protected us, your father, Charles, may he too rest in peace served diligently as did his cherished and most heroically darling son. Born with class and decency, wisdom and maturity, your travels in and around Dade County were excellently planned and your humbleness and sincerity will never go unappreciated. Someday we might just begin to understand why security and unity, peace and harmony are vital to fruition and success. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

To quash evil you must turn up the volume on tenacity. You must be in sync in common sense and in ingenuity for we understand the values of being fair, open and honest to fresh ideas. Your faithfulness and resolve, Officer Cook, came in the nick of time that day in Dade County, but than again so did your character, dignity and integrity everyday and that is why you have been and continue to be so honored for heroism and having the stellar humility to keep battling violence. Those dangers you faced squarely and never gave in to that man's evil. It's sad you could not be with your family, though they know for the skies above you are looking down on them as they pursue lives of happiness and prosperity. All your life was about helping mankind which is deeply indebted to your unselfish sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

Divinity and bravery are forever linked in this war over violence. Its atrocities leave communities such as Thousand Oaks, California reeling from a nightmare of horror. A police sergeant died while trying to save civilians the other night. Please Officer Cook, keep watch over Sgt. Helus and those valiant angels who like yourself served nobly with honor and pride. For having the wisdom, vision, integrity and dignity may God bless your heroic and humane soul of serenity in the heavenly name of peace and unity for all Dade County and humanity in general. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of loyal and sacred distinction along with the character and principles poured into your labors to fight for our liberties.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2018

I meant to say, Officer Cook, that bridges and roads were paved by your humbly heroic exploits back during your time. Dade County had a new dawning of sorts as you helped to mold peace and its stability along with your mettle. In the end, it is about the relevance of honor, dignity and integrity that was poured into your labors of love and loyalty. We keep your memories alive and well as does your family and colleagues. Humanity and mankind quenched by your curiosity and more importantly your courage from a heart of caring. Decent and devoted, faithful and feverishly ferocious. Your pursuits of peace, Officer Cook, were your dreams and hopes, just sorry you couldn't see these changes. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humility recognizes bravery and heroism breeds sanctity and the civility that you brought your community. Saluted and humanely honored for sacrifice and maintaining structure.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 8, 2018

Heroes and heroines fill humanity and their communities with all the undying love and esteem, the humane and humble filling that vacuum with unselfish humility. Your reverence, Officer Cook, helped to counteract the terror and violence permeating in and around Dade County. A man of expression and desire subjecting his will to do the will of God and because of your career and sacrifice, Officer Cook, we can live more peaceful and unified lives. Leisure is just that. Police work consists of values and morals you had that made your soul cherished and we salute your respect and admiration to our society . Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Brides and roads have been paved by your persistence and resolve. Enhancement to be celebrated forever.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 8, 2018

Those who gave their lives before you, Officer Cook, you paid them homage. Now we as a community here in Dade County remembers the special young man you were. A gentleman whose bravery and honored heroism are legendary. It really does take a person of nobility and humility to carry out their duties properly. No one is superior to another officer. Your ingenuity, dignity and integrity made up your unassuming character, Officer Cook, as it led others through the thick and thin of peril. You tried your utmost to restore calm and unity. That is all we could ask for. Humanity calls and those supremely humble respond to the dangers that are out in society. Mankind is indebted to your service. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 8, 2018

The evil and violence are still around. You cannot say there is nothing to do. You must keep fighting, keep battling an d one day we shall all pray that it will abate. You patrolled Dade County and its corridors like a true hero, Officer Cook. Entrusted with many decisions, your quick response to that awful domestic incident on May 16, 1979, made you a hero forever. Honesty, integrity, character and dignity forged those bonds of serenity and safety, although we are a little less safer because of your absence . Nonetheless you will be etched in our hearts for eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 8, 2018

Whistle if you must, whispers of honor and courage followed your travels of tenacity in and around Dade County, Officer Cook. We want peace and tranquil times, sadly you cannot always get what you want. The citizens got the finest support and the finest care from a passionately dignified man of character and the highest integrity. Comrades and your family, Officer Cook, remember and pay homage to a hero of humility and humanity's hope for a brighter future. Heroes and heroines do a thankless job and for your resolve and mettle we shall salute your grandest of effort. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2018

Whistle if you must, whispers of honor and courage followed your travels of tenacity in and around Dade County, Officer Cook. We want peace and tranquil times, sadly you cannot always get what you want. The citizens got the finest support and the finest care from a passionately dignified man of character and the highest integrity. Comrades and your family, Officer Cook, remember and pay homage to a hero of humility and humanity's hope for a brighter future. Heroes and heroines do a thankless job and for your resolve and mettle we shall salute your grandest of effort. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2018

The times have changed and yet what always needs refining and polishing are a person's honor, integrity and dignity. If you intend to patrol without these instincts of intellect better forget this challenge and pursue another line of work. Your roles , Officer Cook, were diverse and will never any clearer. Find the problems that danger presents and to amplify peace and accentuate acumen and the consideration that has remained etched in our prayers and hearts. Dade County is a bit less safe, but God has His eyes of perfect site set on those whom you served and partnered with, Officer Cook. Perfect character, staunch commitment and the convictions that desire and decency drive home. Badge#1664 served humanity without a tarnish or spot of indifference. You were and are as cherished now as you were back in 1979. Your mother, Mrs. Julia Cook, if she is still alive and well at one-hundred and three has missed you everyday and knows your unselfish and undying saw your missions and journeys through until Our Master came calling. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The same common sense and aspirations are now soaring like an eagle. The soul of a clearly humane and reverent gentleman.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2018