Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Your killer, Officer Cook, received his punishment for his downright disgusting, reprehensible and cowardly actions taken against you and your colleagues that afternoon on May 16, 1979, a day Dade County, your beloved family and department will never forget. You were a consummate joy to your family, friends and a man whos ewords of virtue and wisdom always brought honor, integrity and dignity to a higher level upholding the standards with tru and trusted unselfishness and humbly blessed tireless heart, soul and character. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2022

Never a more congenial human being, a man molded in morals with every fabric and fiber of honesty, dignity and integrity flowing in his veins. Dade County and its people were protected by your loyalty, esteem and cherished nature, reverence and virtue, Officer Cook. A heroic gentleman whose legend continues fostering goodwill, hope and faithfulness all these decades later after you gave your life and career for your neighborhood tolive serenely and humanely. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Angels are heroes who soar in eternity's perfect skies above.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2022

You expedited all your sacred paths and trails of truth and trust, Officer Cook, securing Dade County's freedom and prosperity. No one will ever forget your honesty, sincerity and above all integrity, dignity and character, thoughtful, expressive and all with a calming and reassuring voice of wisdom, virtue and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It all digs down to your roots and branches of tenacity, hope and faithful goodwill, loyalty and esteem.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2022

A life filled with passion, compassion and God's eyes and ears carrying your heart and soul through peril, Officer Cook. Heroism to surely be cherished and saluted for every versatile vehicle of accountability, responsibility and reliability, just so tragic you cannot be here to see the changes happening and Dade County thriving in safe havens because of your outstanding trust, truth and solid work ethics. Rest in peace good character nourishes commitment and conviction. Yours was pinpoint to a tee. You were one great gentleman and an excellent servant to God, family and to your esteemed peers of justice.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 5, 2022

Live and for real that is what presents all duly sworn public servants who face a seemingly never ending blanket of terror. Your bravery, boldness and humble heart and soul, Officer Cook, steered adversity away from your proud community of Dade County. Forty-three years your life, career and everything to do with dignity, honor and integrity is still kept burning within your family's hearts and souls. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 5, 2022

You expedited all your sacred paths and trails of truth and trust, Officer Cook, securing Dade County's freedom and prosperity. No one will ever forget your honesty, sincerity and above all integrity, dignity and character, thoughtful, expressive and all with a calming and reassuring voice of wisdom, virtue and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It all digs down to your roots and branches of tenacity, hope and faithful goodwill, loyalty and esteem.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 5, 2022

The paths to perseverance and profiency pay dividends down the road for those who endeavor and demonstrate their acumen and versatility in honor, integrity and in dignity. Your sweet and special heart and soul, Officer Cook, displayed their wares so welcomed by Dade County. The hero of character, commitment to excel and the right frames of conviction helped to broker our very stability. security and safe trails of truth and trust. Nothing will be amiss and you are going to be remembered for your fighting spirit never giving up when danger lurked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 4, 2022

Police work is not a talent content there are no contestants for the people whom you serve and protect depend upon your badge and uniform of honesty, dignity and integrity to pull them through adverse times. You'll always be accorded the full humbleness and blessings of your proud family and fellow comrades, Officer Cook. Forever enshrined as a Dade County hero of wisdom, virtue and reliability so sacred in all your earthly journeys of faith, hope and goodwill. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 4, 2022

To embrace is to endear yourself to society. Dade County reached out to you, Officer Cook, their heroic public servant who sacrificed his life and career of dignity, integrity and character. You'll forever be saluted and remembered for everything sacred and noble in a humble and blessed soul of wisdom, virtue and acumen. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 4, 2022

Effort is not being erratic. This would be a colossal mistake underestimating violence for evil and terror only know one direction straight ahead. You exhibited patience and the practicality of a persevering young man, a gentleman whose honor, humbleness and dignity lead your paths and tenacious trails in life and during your career, Officer Cook. A hero blessed with talent and the proper aptitude to carry out your duties. Nothing limited you from protecting and preserving the image of Dade County where your name remains cherished, admired and sincerely loyal to all your fellow officers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2022

Watching over us was your task, chore and assignment, Officer Cook, always taken seriously. If you ask your colleagues that fateful day who survived the horror that took your young life, Officers DiGenova, Edgerton and Lincoln will all state in the affirmative that you were a most capable, able and truly honest young man with a humble heart and soul to match up with Dade County's essential expectations. Faithful, resourceful, resilient, and with the endeavors of both compassion and passion all running on the same cylinders of true character and trustworthy commitment to be saluted and etched within your family and department's hearts and minds. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. One brick and block at a time built the very humble cornerstones and foundations of wisdom and your fruitful missions.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2022

Taxis, trains and planes move us today from place to place. Police navigate from point A through point Z. Anything and everything is forever on the line when stability, security and safe trails are threatened. And that is the precise reason why you were needed, Officer Cook, a career you chose freely and without regret. Integrity well carved. Dignity well etched. Honesty excellently honed. Your heart, soul and made created that distinct impression that remains blessed and honored at every corner and intersection where ingenuity, intellect and intuition shared the very same, attitude, fortitude and undying, tireless and unselfish tenacity. Always a man of your word with God securing your bonds of bravery and accountability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2022

Peace alone is a device to be humanely used to drive our directional compasses and their signals. You had the ethical motivation to drive your life and important public service career through Dade County, Officer Cook. Where heroic honor lies is where dignity, character and the integrity of intelligence stoked mankind's passions. It's very sad, tragic and horrible that your plentiful and beautiful life had to end because of one man's wicked escapades. Where a heart and soul travel after being here for a relatively short time displaying morals, fibers of mettle and insight, maturity and wisdom that were the versatility of virtue and valor saluted for their boldness beyond your sacred responsibilities. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2022

The launching pad needs to accommodate all the spacecrafts just as the streets need to be used practically by all folks. No exceptions made. Dade County was furnished with a wealth of seasoned knowledge, wisdom and heroism from you, Officer Cook. Your memory did not die in vain rather the flames of honor, humility and dignity forevermore shine brightly just as your wisdom, integrity and wholesome character refined and refreshing. You laid down your life and career so we can carry on with big tests ahead of us and those paths, trails and roads ahead do have peril which tends to be an obstacle. But, with you observing from heaven maybe the chores will be easier to achieve. God did not promise a bed of roses, just human beings creating quiet and purposeful lives to live. Always loyal, thoughtful and considerate. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2022

If society ever recognizes its stake in humbleness and in blessings the rewards of hope, faith and goodwill will be everlasting. A community where you reverently served and protected, Officer Cook, Dade County pays you fond homage at your career and a life well lived by virtue, valor and wisdom. such character and heart has sustained your family as they carry forward your legacy of honesty, integrity and dignity which hung in during the most terror filled moments never to be forgotten. We should salute inspiring maturity and pray for your spirit to encircle us at every second. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2022

When the clouds give in to sunlight then perhaps evil will finally abate. You evolved into a very dependable public servant, Officer Cook, heroic and honest beyond any shadow of doubt. For this the residents of Dade County can be blessed and say a big dignified thank you for having the fortitude, intuition and ingenuity that embraces the pangs of humanity and integrity. A solemn heart and soul enriching mankind's fountains of hope, faith and goodwill. So strong a crusader of character, commitment to excellence and the convictions both true and trusted that have stood the tests of time as it moves swiftly onward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2022

Passion is not the only purveyor to wisdom and accomplishment. Virtue and humility are the characters that tend to make one's resolve and resiliency stand those tests of time. Dade County for six years was your grounds of gallantry and endearment, Officer Cook. Heroism and honor are never lost as they are etched within walls and most importantly within your beloved family's hearts and souls too. When dignity, integrity and reverence lose their precious spots from our domain, then society is surely in trouble. You never let anyone down my neighbor, friend and hero. Rest in peace. A soft spoken man of faith,trust and truth with a demeanor that is heaven's angel of perfection.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 2, 2022

Such a wonderful young man, a proud and diligent gentleman who yearned to become a better officer and who succinctly understood his roles and unique challenges that faced you and your comrades everyday, Officer Cook. God's light and rewards do shine down upon the gentleness of your heart and soul. For duty called and missions of faith, hope and goodwill were handled with consummate class, decency and pure dignity, integrity too that was superb and never will be forgotten for over forty-three years later our missions can proceed forward with the very same dogged determination. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 2, 2022

A smile of warmth that melted your family's hearts and souls, it was you, Officer Cook, doing what you always wanted to become and that was to act as a true hero and so professional during your whole career and life. They should not have been torn apart by wickedness and utter ghastly evil. Mr. Pearsall violated your rights to live and to thrive even as you were performing your most honorable roles to enhance Dade County and to strengthen its vines of virtue and integrity. Such dignity never ran from terror it ran right to the very source of the problems you encountered that tragic afternoon. Always a man who carved his niche within humanity's eyes and never once gave up. A sacrifice to be learned and shared among those who have succeeded you and may their journeys be blessed by your watchful spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 2, 2022

Hands, feet and lips that forevermore conveyed the truth. You were one of the many trusted public servants who searched the crevices for any morsel of serenity and stability. That is why Dade County and its citizens have missed you and tried their best to carry on. Violence is not kind nor is its wakes anything but gentle. You gave your life, Officer Cook, the meaning of heroism and honesty emblazoned upon your gravestone. One man with honor, integrity and dignity who represented true kindness and a proud heart that remained loyal and cherished. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character is the branch where commitment and conviction grow from. Always remembered with solemn homage.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 2, 2022

Violence leaves us vulnerable and evil should not be inevitable. Your life and career of diligence, virtue and heroic honor, Officer Cook, will be faithfully, solemnly and humbly saluted for its responsibility, the sanctity that all mankind endeavors to live by. And Dade County prospered while you valiantly patrolled its streets as God laid out your purposeful trails, paths and destinations of both dignity and integrity. Humility from a wise heart and gentle soul of compassion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 2, 2022

Alert, aware and full of acumen, the basics of one man heroic and honest defending the people of Dade County with all the sage wisdom,vision and maturity that supported your tireless heart and soul of virtue, character and the dignity that never backed away from violence, Officer Cook. You maintained a firm hold of your humbleness, esteem and revered loyalty. Your family misses you greatly as they carry the values, scruples and mettle that fortified your life and profound law enforcement career cut down by one man acting without heart and disgracing his family's morals. We salute you for courage,concern, care and constant dedication to devotion, truth and trust that is earned not just handed out. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 2, 2022

Getting chickens into the coop is a bit easier than getting corruption and callousness off of the pavements. You tried, Officer Cook and for a relatively short career you succeeded where others might have failed. Failure is not permissible because when public servants have honor and integrity tied to integrity and wisdom then it makes those out there doing evil to rethink their steps. You paths were sacred, your trails were the truth and Dade County along with your loved one suffered and grieved over you my neighbor, friend and hero. The torch is lit. Your spirit was one of virtue and accountability. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 1, 2022

You see clearly, you had wise that was permeating and accentuated. With Dade County been preserved by a man with class and decency it was hard to go wrong. But unfortunately that awful day your family, department and the entire police nation suffered a terrible loss. A public servant so true and trustworthy sacrificing your life and poignant career for our lives to move onward. A shame integrity, honor and unwavering dignity were usurped by a senseless man with no remorse whatsoever. Officer Cook, heroism will forever live on a your family humbly carries the torch of your legacy, valued and loyal to every fellow officer who hasn't forgotten you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and conviction cannot ever be disrespected, they can never be tarnished and ripped apart. Your uniform and badge are constant reminders of your heart and soul sharing onus together as one.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 1, 2022

Recreation is excellent for one's heart and soul as it opens new channels, new paths and fresh trails for others to walk in. You certainly blazed that humble, loyal and truthful trail of trust and honesty, Officer Cook, for all Dade County folks to partake of. They never forgot you and have kept your memory alive and well wherever they now exist. Those who saw you daily patrolling their streets can assuredly know that the safe havens and peace they share in was brokered because of you, Officer Cook, heroic and humane with integrity, dignity and clutch character navigating your essential roles. Undying, unselfish and tireless effort poured forth to generate the much needed stability and value. Virtue and dependability were all just right and you'll forevermore be missed and always deeply admired and greatly appreciated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 1, 2022