Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Ideals and morals don't just pass away, for they are a very special part of the many families who have lost humbly brave and decent loved ones. Corralling mischief and mayhem takes an entire effort of love and engagement from noble and heroic souls of safety and service. Your esteem and valor, Officer Cook, left us living in Dade County feeling chipper and happy though we would rather see your face and smiling presence among us. How could character and honesty, integrity and dignity fall into the wrong hands which took you from us? Our Lord has your sweet and innocent soul of protection folded neatly in His giant arms where perfection has no competitor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 18, 2018

Read all about it. Resolve and resourcefulness all bundled together as one entity. Your heroism and character, Officer Cook, have never and will never for that matter leave any shadow of doubt as to the fine gentleman and inspirational public servant that you were to Dade County and its residents. You left us and your beloved Karen way too soon with so much left behind on that horizon of fulfillment. Involved and engaging, your bright and beautiful smile is very sorely missed today as it is everyday. The peace, liberty and integrity you gave us may never be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and humility humbly sleeping peacefully on heaven's wings. Your spirit, Officer Cook, continues its flights of ferocity instilled in those who pursue evil and violence in this world. A hero forevermore, gallant and gracious, beloved and bold.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 18, 2018

We feel good and look good because of awe inspiring heroes of humility and the humbleness that affection affords us. You brought dignity and reverence, civility and nobility to your position of resolve, Officer cook. Plain and simple. You were thoughtful and kind, polite and yet firm. Fair and balanced, cleancut and articulate. Dade County's residents can always hold you in high esteem for doing your duties with acumen and astuteness no matter what the circumstances called for. Only the best of values and ideals that shadowed your journeys in life and in your joyful pursuits of happiness for your family and for one and all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 18, 2018

Battling terror requires so very much from our most beloved and courageous men and women. Their time here on Earth only God knows when those honorable and sacred pursuits of life, peace and happiness will be finalized. He takes everything into account and judges them based on their dignity and integrity which makes up their humble character and commitment to the perilous challenges that lie ahead. Your life, Officer Cook, was based on sound fundamentals and the incorporation of logic and in remaining calm during stressful moments. Dade County had its serenity and sanctity bestowed upon them by your unwavering humility and unselfish sacrifice which has enhanced our community where you grew up and continue to be honored and saluted for vision and wisdom, maturity beyond your years. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 18, 2018

The tradewinds blow and from them comes a storm of violence which must be weeded out. All loyal and faithful public servants serve and protect for a reason. Nothing so mundane, it's because God has sent them here as our messengers on a mission of hope and goodwill,the ones you so solemnly undertook, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County. Stern, firm and honest. Determined and dedicated to character and the consummate constriction of terror and its wickedness. Our peace of mind and sanity is relevant once more. Thank you, Officer Cook, for being both a hero and warrior. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 17, 2018

Dogs bark. Coyotes howl. Humility and heroism scream at the top of their tenacity placed here upon your loving soul of serenity, Officer Cook. It was Dade County's shield of approval that peace and stability would be forthcoming. You saved many lives during your time all by your honesty, integrity and the comprehension of maintaining both character and morals to battle evil's fierce eyes. Always warmly honored, admired and saluted for bravery above and beyond. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 17, 2018

Never mind looking into a mirror or hourglass, it is just a reflection of yourself and the sands of time which pass into the night. I'm sure Officer DiGenova, your colleague and beloved tennis partner, Officer Cook, struggles with his life. I believe he is now living Jacksonville, Florida and hopefully is hanging in there. You were one of his best buddies, Officer Cook, a hero whose legend is second to none. You were the best at doing your job and making sure Dade County's residents were safe and sound. Serenity like never before amid the calm of a terrible storm of gunfire that sunny day you gave your life, hope and faith, for your dignity, honesty and integrity to gleam off your humble humility all from your giving heart. Saluted and fondly thought of, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Three officers lost their lived April 1976, sad yours was taken, Officer Cook, thankfully your comrades all survived that hideous and heinous display of utter intolerance against police officers. The gravity of gallantry is used as God's gavel of heroism to signal His angelic flock of heroes and heroines to continue walking their heavenly beat, watching over us and keeping those pearly gates of wisdom well oiled.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 17, 2018

The days move on. The times and moments, they all have a special meaning and hold dear to us. Your family, Officer Cook, has remembered your gallant and noble deeds for which God will reward your soul of spirit and reverence. It held the keys of compassion and courage, honor and valor tucked in between the blankets of boldness and dignity, the integrity was integrated firmly in the walls of Dade County where you humbly and most humanely served and protected its folks from dire harm. Tragically, your sacrifice made us stand and take account of a life and career dotted and crossed by commitment to excellence and the character that crusaded around those streets where serenity and safety was very much called for. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 17, 2018

On your epitaph it says it all, Officer Cook. Every last ounce of endeavor, energy and efficiency was poured into your labors of love and affection. Dade County's folks got the very best of both worlds from your heroism, heart and soul of liberty, unity, harmony and the tranquil environment that has blanketed our community all these many decades after your ultimate sacrifice, Officer Cook. A heavenly welcome greeted you for your unassuming character, nobleness and the qualities that marinated from your desire and decency to act as righteously as you did. Your comrades live on because you cared and dared to tangle with perilous obstacles that needed shoving aside for our way of life to begin its commencement. Now take care up in those deep blue skies, Officer Cook, as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Eternity is where no more pain or suffering seizes our most beloved heroes and heroines who battled here like never before. I know Officer DiGenova from that shooting in which he was nearly killed too. It is sad his county medical insurance was cancelled, he needs that support after all he is a surviving hero who too encountered evil and sought to stop Mr. Pearsall from committing further terror.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

With a magnet you can pull almost anything. With charm and candor only humility and humbleness can stand on their own. Your boldness and bravery, Officer Cook , meant Dade County would be spared a great deal more damage than the violence that ensued that awful day of May 16, 1979. A moment, five minutes of mayhem and kayos in Liberty City in Miami that would forever change the lives of many families. The Cook's Wilkerson's and Tidwell's would suffer a tragedy beyond calamity. Your breath of reason, faith and hope would depart this world leaving your soft and serene soul of unity to surround us forevermore. It's encapsulated in your honor and dignity, the admiration and respect you afforded us, Officer Cook, more and more each day that bond grows stronger, those chains of humility stretched but never snapped in two. They impart a lesson of hope and endurance through the dangers and perils both thick and thin. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Gunfire and its terror brought heroism to another sacred and intrinsic level of caring. God's love shines on you and your family, Officer Cook, like never before. all the vision and wisdom cradled in those giant and merciful arms of awareness, acumen and astuteness. Three very special bonds of love, sharing and compassion from Our very own Master Himself.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

A friendly hello, a final kiss goodbye. Karen received your undying love and affection, what can we say, Officer Cook? You were a hero here in Dade County and all around the entire police nation. It's where thousands of comrades and people whom you served said a final farewell to your valor, vigilance and the courtesies that honor and humbleness bring. They reigned down on you, Officer Cook, just as your dignity and integrity inserted themselves into the bowels of evil. Low down callousness and terror from a troubled and diabolical young man seized us and your colleagues who were just doing their jobs. After all you were not required to answer that call on May 16, 1979, you voluntarily went and heroically stood your ground providing a shield for your fellow officers and civilians and in the end went right to God as He brought your gentle and special soul of character and pride home to be with Him.Those streets you forever patrol are made safer by your civility and sanctity you had for our world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Officer Cook, you were Our Creator's gift to us and your parents for twenty-five years of toil and sweat, up in heaven cooler heads always prevail. God rules over us and directs our destinies as He sees fit. We can question, it's still His universe of understanding and ponderance.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

No one expected a bullet in your side, Officer Cook, would end your life. As I leave this reflection for you I'm sobbing like a baby and no wonder it's important to return safely after your shift. Your friends and comrades of the past who were fortunate to have retired have remembered your bravery, consummate courage and professionalism and the esteem by which you served and protected our peace here in Dade County with unselfish and unwavering heroism, humility and the highest degree of integrity and wisdom. It all reverts back to your caring and character, the dimensions of which are felt here and far. Your up in heaven resting in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Enhancement keeps chugging away, it's your untimely loss that keeps tugging away at our hearts and minds. It's that much, Officer Cook, what kind of person and thoughtful human being you were, raised with values, ideals and morals that made your life's endeavors rise like cream to the top. Maturity way beyond your years of yearning made you a more humble and rounded public servant. Your department and Metro-Dade Police can certainly salute your honorable courage and heroism of the highest plateau.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

Terror, torment and turmoil must be trashed before its rotten odors infiltrate our society furthermore. Your loyalty and bravery, Officer Cook, gave that band of support to your colleagues who like yourself gave Dade County and its folks all the endeavor. Our bridges and foundations were properly laid down all by your wisdom, dignity and the honesty that make up the hearts and souls of our noblest of heroes and heroines. Our Lord's camp of concern rests soundly in those warriors who now walk that proverbial beat in heaven where their character and ultimate commitments may never be usurped. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Fruitful and ferocious, bold and brave, devoted and faithful, they all were channelled into your mercy and hope, Officer Cook, what a man! Greatly missed and cherished dearly.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

A brain without dignity and values is like just having a brawn without a function. The human body can only perform so much and therefore, all public servants worth their courage and integrity must buckle up for a ride worth its resourcefulness. And yours, Officer Cook, came at the terrible expense of losing you too soon. God, our hopes and dreams of your charismatic and heroic servant, Officer William C. Cook, rest gallantly in your loving arms. Cradle his passion and humility along with his integrity and provide the saintly means by which all men and women chasing evil now may succeed in searching and in obtaining safety and unity for all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

Perseverance and preservation must pack a terrific one two punch, otherwise bravery and honor don't mean a thing. You came prepared everyday, Officer Cook, to put in a yeoman effort. Its Dade County citizens who are the most fortunate and you helped to restore calm, peace and the sounds of serenity. Character, class and decency are a must if ridding violence is going to happen. Our lives and their missions of humility have kept on because of your caring concern, Officer Cook, a humane and compassionate servant of God. He navigated you over to where your talents and morals were most needed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

Smarts and education doesn't guarantee a thing. Unfortunately, Officer Cook, we knew someone who worked in North Miami Beach, Florida who was killed by his son in a domestic incident that past Saturday. Do not know why. Still wonder why your life and promising police career came to a screeching halt on May 16, 1979. God needed your acumen, honesty, reflections of resolve, bravery and integrity nestled with other heroes and heroines who gave their lives so unity and tranquility would not just be another word. You saved lives and broke up kayos and terror all by your compassionate and humbly stoic character and commitment to both ingenuity and the pride you wore on your uniform. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The son by the way was a doctor. You were a great man, a gallant and treasured gentleman and the quintessential public servant.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

Today, I will visit your grave, Officer Cook, to pay my homage to your heroic honor and bravery. It's in those binoculars of boldness where you saw evil and did your utmost to make Dade County and its residents much more safer. For having humble character and loyalty, faith, hope and resolve may you be honorably saluted for wisdom, distinction and the nobility that humility sends our way. Peace and prosperity, good health and freedom all by your undying and unselfish sacrifice that has stood alongside of your soul of serenity all these years later. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Championing the causes that your crusades represented you'll not be forgotten, Officer Cook.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 16, 2018

Glitter dazzles. Humility and bravery shine. Boldness makes believers of us all. Your faith and fairness, Officer Cook, are the things good people and heroes are made of. When concern and character help to start those foundations of piety, then sincerity can only lead to fruitful serenity the kind Dade County's folks were given. Your word, Officer Cook, was your unwavering bond and so was your honesty, integrity and dignity operating on par and of excellent dimensions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 15, 2018

Delight brings joy to those who succeed. When duty calls all public servants must heed those calls and respond as such. Dade County was in throngs of racial tension and civil unrest when you served, Officer Cook, with superior humility and the humbleness of honor and confident esteem only loyalty and faithful deliver. A demanding job undertaken with all the virtual wisdom and valor necessary from a beloved colleague of morals and the character that made your crusades unforgettable. Tomorrow is that solemn day we all can look back and fondly bear witness to your heroism and humanely righteous deeds, Officer Cook. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 15, 2018

Primetime requires honesty, loyalty and the sanity by which one performs their roles of resolve. You worked very well, Officer Cook and on behalf of Dade County may you be fondly saluted and duly remembered. Kind, serene and with an easy going disposition, you cannot be overlooked for your vitality and vigilance where safety and security was needed. Our lives matter and so did your life, Officer Cook, taken way too soon by heinous and callous behavior of one troubled individual. Humility and humanity were calling and Our Lord answered by sadly taking you home to serve a more bonified role. Guarding those sacred and golden paved pathways of justice and perfection. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 15, 2018

Congeniality and compliance are two separate issues. You can be brave and bold so long as honor, dignity and integrity help to maintain good character. Fighting evil requires one keep a peaceful and rather calm demeanor in order to get through with those arduous tasks at hand. Dade County was your assignment, Officer Cook, no small stuff. You toiled in tenacity and developed good relationships between all citizens that you strived to keep secure and serene. Never forgotten and forever cherished. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were doing your job May 16, 1979, if only Mr. Pearsall had complied with you, Officer Cook and your colleagues of courage and esteem.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 15, 2018

If concern, care and consideration work their way through the atrocities of mayhem and kayos then those who are devoted and loyal at least stand a chance of gaining peace and goodwill for all. Your kindness and faithfulness, Officer Cook, sprouted new growth for those in Dade County whose lives you touched humbly with your spirit. It's serenity, sincerity and desire that led your journeys and now and forever may humility and character sleep well in eternity where you patrol those heavenly gates of gallantry. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 15, 2018

The catch phrase a diamond in the rough is kind of like a needle in a haystack. What lies embedded in each and every is the will to stand up and battle for what you perceive as fair. Your resourcefulness, resolve and revolving heroism and humility, Officer Cook, are some of the many traits by which you will be remembered and treasured as a graceful man. Dade County has seen it all, you made peace and serenity not only matter, but due to your accomplishments during your police career and life, it has been your stability of character and trustworthiness that has stood out. Concentrating on ridding wickedness from our midst, you set the tones of how all future men and women are to act with honor and incorporate responsibility into their official duties. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Apple pie with ice cream sure tastes good, better if dished it is out with boldness and fairness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 14, 2018

The conduits to trust and bravery start with courage and valor. Unless your willing to commit to the long haul, police work may not be right for you. It's either in your blood coursing through your body or it's not. Diligence and its reality make looking at the matters at hand and accepting what fates might lie ahead. It is in Our Master's hands and capabilities that saw your excursions in Dade County, Officer Cook, as completed. The man up above speaks, we pay close heed to His messages as He does from time to time work miracles. Character and the diamonds of desire and determination all stemmed from your upbringing, Officer Cook and a bountiful amount of humility, which is humanity's best friend and teacher. Never may your soul and its memory be lost without a fond reminder from our salutes of honor for having wisdom and vision to fortify what needed fixing. Evil, terror and violence create monster logjams for those looking for unity and peace. Navigate down tranquility's trails and you'll find a wealth of harmony and prosperity for mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 14, 2018

Your enormity in life, Officer Cook, was your unwavering faith in conformity. Of course, not everyone believes or subscribes to these theories, but one day as your heroic legacy is humbly made even more well known than today, those living in Dade County either past or present can find a book, a paper or better yet, go down to Tropical Park in Miami off of Bird Road SW 40th Street and look closely at those granite and marble walls of honor and see the dedicated and most humanely blessed name of Officer William C. Cook. Then google your name, the book, "Forgotten Heroes" enumerates your life and character, your dignity, honor and reverence for integrity. The cornerstones you set down as foundations for our futures trevails are spelled out. North Miami Beach, your wife, Karen, Nancy, your big sister and of course, the matriarch of your family, your beloved mother, Mrs. Julia Cook and I do hope you are doing well and feeling good these days. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The paths of excellence were laid, your sacrifice and insatiable thirst for truth, trust and justice has never stopped progressing.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 14, 2018