Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Sometimes we take blame when we should be sharing the grief. We as a community and a nation are still grief stricken over your untimely loss, Officer Cook. A gentleman with a brave and honest heart and the faithful devotion that made all the difference in Dade County, A people who were grateful you gave of yourself so peace and unity would relieve the evil circumstances of violence and its mayhem. So honored for high morals and values all from your abundant character and pristine vision which helped to save and preserve all lives. society is forever indebted to you, Officer Cook, for having the humane and heroic actions that acted when called upon. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 20, 2017

The palms of Our Creator's hands hold those brave and modest souls of motivation who set forth newer pathways for those future public servants. You were among that crop of crusaders of courage and valor, Officer Cook. You challenged others to be better and all because of your humble dignity, integrity and intuition were you able to protect and serve all Dade Count and its various venues. Those avenues you travelled were twisting and marked at times with obstacles of peril and danger that all humane and decent men and women of character must face. Nothing easy. No small task. A tall order which was handled with the epitome of class and nobles. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. So endearing. So energetic and what unselfish care and concern, passion and compassion which fills the lives of so many who continue to honor and respect you, Officer Cook. God's hands hold the gallantry, grace and cheerful dispositions which all heroes and heroines should display when out on their community patrols. Effort demands energy. Energy is from a source within a person's heart of decency and that pure driven desire. You had an abundance of each, Officer Cook. The keys to the past are now safely in the steady hands of the future. Let's pray they are brave and very confident in their capabilities. Violence and wickedness demand an urgent attention to every detail that will derail its advancement.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 20, 2017

The underdogs of society must have their lives and opportunities championed by steady men and women of faith who are brave and sure. You give commitment and you should receive positive outcomes. Dade County and its citizens get the utmost integrity, dignity and honesty from your beloved soul, Officer Cook, as your entire being was immersed in fighting off evil. What an enemy! So controlling and contemptuous. You need every resource at your disposal to bring peace and harmony into every circumstance. Of course, you meticulous preparation, determination and the hope help to charter a path amid these mighty waters where your navigations took you, Officer Cook. You plan. You wonder. You have decency and the ability to have other colleagues follow in your treks. We pay homage to a man of humility which served and protected humanity to the highest degree. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Terror and its criminal actions were faced squarely on the nose buy you, Officer Cook, eyes of vision, ears to hear the trouble and feet that made the conviction stand for unity and quiet. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 20, 2017

Trials. Tribulations. Travels. The words that humble and honorable public servants expose themselves to on a daily basis while staying the courses of dignity and integrity. you gave Dade County every ounce of your energy, unwavering support and solid character, Officer Cook, never to be humbly overlooked. Saluted and honored for desire, motivation and leadership of other comrades who helped you lay down enhancement through your journeys forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Police work can be taxing, surely very demanding, but with humane and calming actions of esteem, the job and its tasks may be completed resulting in peace, unity and prosperity for all.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 20, 2017

Packing and taking vacations, everything you and Karen should be doing these days, Officer Cook. Violence and its fury took your young life of accomplishment and a career of courage and valor make no mistake of that. You cornered Dade County and its venues with remarkable service, protection and perseverance with eagle eyes and unshakable character, class and precision. The date of May 16, 1979 is forever etched into your comrades hearts and thoughts. Honor, integrity, commitment and dignity never become tarnished as they remain a firm piece of your humane and humble heroic legacy. As you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, we will always respect and admire your solidarity and close friend a devoted soul as you were, Officer Cook. You lived well and kept humility in calming down those bent on evil. It's sad that day you did everything you could and things happened that only God knows why? We'll think and you keep your beloved soul soaring higher and higher. Resolve and faith are mankind's measure of success and happiness. You were their champion. Journeys and destinies all blended excellently. God took fruition and that of your fellow officers who sacrificed to a more quieter spiritual level.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 19, 2017

When your family and department laid you to rest, Officer Cook, they buried a solemn and genuinely honest young man. Your nobility, humility and dignity all went straight up to heaven. Just the doses of desire, devotion and integrity that is necessary to protect God's sacred fortress. You served with piety, loyalty and due diligence all of Dade Count enhancing and maintaining its peace and prosperity. For this and all your heroic actions we can't forget you, Officer Cook. We remember you. A determined public servant so well liked and received to be taken so violently and yet you stepped in front of harm's way to resolve, calm and to eliminate us from facing wickedness. Can't say enough. Your partners were all humbled to work alongside of you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Displaying character, good ethics, morals that meant honesty and valor were always on your badge of pride and uniform of excellence. Those windows of welcome relief surely could not be opened any faster. To be able to breathe fresh air, what an awesome sacrifice on our behalf, Officer Cook. A vigilant and hard working man. Gallantry and grace all the time. Humanity won't overlook your endeavors.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 19, 2017

Pray for solace. Have comfort and peace of mind in knowing you do well in your endeavors. You did, Officer Cook. You most certainly did. Honesty, bravery and integrity like no other. Dignity that deserves more recognition and those humble salutes are the testimonial of your performance shielding Dade County and its folks from violence. You paid the highest price for our freedoms and peace to come front and center. Paving those trails of tenacity where future officers travel down. Only if character, boldness and the commitment to serve and protect could have saved you, Officer Cook, from the heinous tragedy that took you from your beloved family, comrades and friends. They saw a humane and righteous fellow, a gentleman with a kind heart and a giving spirit to match. Enhancement lives on all because of your vital role and resourcefulness. We pray that evil and terror dissipate and those diabolical to commit such actions will get their punishments straight from Our Lord. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your son, Mrs. Cook, was the epitome of living and breathing his goals, dreams and aspirations all magnetized by proportions that we just cannot begin to imagine. Officer Cook, take care and keep observing our journeys and how our destinies shape up.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 19, 2017

Another police murder, Officer Cook, just unbelievable the sheer force that evil exerts. Expertly trained, honorable brave men and women who summon that inner courage gone before their time. You were a hard working man who fought for the values and morals of all Dade County residents until the end. Dignity and integrity followed your righteous pathways of resolve and perseverance for all to see. All the humility and all the unwavering humbleness that went into our peace and prosperity and never to be forgotten. Character works like a charm when maturity, decency, intelligence and common sense function as one. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Clearly cheered and cherished for heroism above and beyond the calls of duty. Outstanding journeys and fruition sadly left behind for others to emulate. Your family and colleagues have all seen to that. So long as they are healthy and happy doing what makes them thrive. In eternity God takes care of all His esteemed and loyal public servants. All loyal and faithful. No questions asked. Wings made so you all fly higher everyday.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 19, 2017

Those who gave their lives rest in eternal comfort where only God's love and grace forever shelter them. Those who commit to honor, bravery and integrity have that special and saintly venue reserved for them when their journeys of vigilance have been concluded. God saw your life, Officer Cook and those trials and travels over Dade County as finished. Sad. Tragic and simply heinous. Wanton evil took a wonderful man and a graceful man of humanity whose humility dictated your every move. Simple to say and tough for some public servants to pattern their lives with: character. That word I seem to read about some officers having a lack of this trait. You can't bottle up wickedness if you are missing more than just that. You grew up, Officer Cook, with manhood and maturity on your shoulders and it carried over to your convictions to seal our security forever and now we forever give you the honor deserving of a humble hero. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You never hid, Officer Cook. You matched up to evil face to face and displayed sheer effort, always one-hundred percent.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 18, 2017

Sacrifice. Boldness. Bravery. Honesty. Humility. Put any of these characteristics into a humble servant of Our Creator and you have the embodiment of peace and unity for those looking for its shelter. You were a man, Officer Cook, whose life and career has been saluted, celebrated and paid reverent homage. Your heroism and morals were the principles behind perseverance, resolve and faithfulness. The loyalty and admiration you had serving Dade County citizens. Your commitment has helped to surely anchor our futures and those who live their lives with purpose and passion. You had compassion and the respect of all comrades during this battle over wickedness. You'll never be forgotten. Valor and nobility all validated for the right reasons. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 18, 2017

The wise revere God and count their blessings. The beauty and boldness surely flow like a river. They face their destiny with all the resolve and self-control needed to produce peace and unity for all. The world now surely needs a cure for this wanton violence. The other day in Spain, last week in Charlottesville, Virginia and in Finland of all places. Evil certainly lurks and hides its roots and that was your assignment, Officer Cook, to weed it from our midst and to be dignified, honest and center integrity on your badge and uniform. The men and women of morals and character, their humility and humbleness is viewed twenty-four seven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. God picks up the downtrodden and lifts up our hearts with joy and gladness. When the committed lay it all on the line all we can do is pay notice and salute with homage their convictions.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 18, 2017

Police get bombarded with so much to deal with it's a large wonder that they can get anything accomplished. But, handling crime and violence is what every duly affirmed officer must do someway, somehow. Public service demands the greatest level of efficiency. The highest ideals of morals and ethics. The kind of unquestionable character that any woman or man brave enough to fight can have. If dignity and integrity does not shadow its brave and revered servants then trouble and danger awaits them. In and around Dade County where you navigated and delivered outstanding work, Officer Cook, comrades never had a doubt regarding your skills and passion brought to the streets each moment. Etched and engrained within our thoughts and hearts, you were a Godsend and respected man of gallantry, Officer Cook. Enhancement will never allow its heroes and heroines to be pushed aside not for what their lives and professions represented. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 18, 2017

Gallant and humane right until your last ounce of energy, Officer Cook. Never any quit. Never any doubt. Just loyal, faithful and unwavering understanding on how to size up a situation and search for calming resolve to put an end to this very violence. Dade County appreciated your honesty, integrity, desire and dignity which in large part has left behind a burning drive for others brave and confident to succeed. Going to war requires planning, training and the character and morals, values and principles so fundamentally important that nothing should be taken for granted. We will salute your humility to wards humanity. It was noble indeed. Officer Cook, your journeys for freedom and its peace came with a sacrifice, your career and life one filled with memories that have left an impression of ingenuity and intuition for friends, colleagues and your family to continue your legacy of educating and learning as they too pursue their happiness in life. Their uncle "Bo" should still be here smiling and doting on those beautiful and talented great-nieces and one great-nephew. I was glad to have met them. They now have another child the Wilkerson's, Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 18, 2017

We can forgive. It is hard to forget the past. We cherish and take hold of those so brave and bold. Dade County and its citizens relish decent and honest servants unafraid to battle crime and its evil. You raised the bar, Officer Cook, in dignity, integrity and in humility all through your unwavering character and diligence. We fondly remember your heroic action of May 16, 1979, which saved many lives and so your comrades of the past and present offer their heartfelt salutes of valor and bravery. Fruition and fulfillment live on in your family as your spirit soars higher each day. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. I'll not forget your son and brother, Mrs. Cook and Nancy. He was a special and humble gentleman. Gregarious and engaging with that big bright smile.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 18, 2017

Serene and focused. You proved beyond a doubt, Officer Cook, that with a little perseverance, honesty and integrity that one's police life would be the answer to match wits with mayhem. You certainly worked hard and had the patience to resolve. It is just having faith in your abilities. The people of Dade County had the confidence in you and humbly speaking the character and desire was never absent. You presented a humane and reserved look and wore your badge and uniform with all the transparency in the world. If only you were allowed to complete your future missions. For twenty-five years it was fruitful and sincere. Now those wings of valor transport you, Officer Cook, in and around God's garden of galaxies where others who paid the price are joining in. Those celebrated angelic heroes and heroines, all righteous by virtue of their vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

Serene and focused. You proved beyond a doubt, Officer Cook, that with a little perseverance, honesty and integrity that one's police life would be the answer to match wits with mayhem. You certainly worked hard and had the patience to resolve. It is just having faith in your abilities. The people of Dade County had the confidence in you and humbly speaking the character and desire was never absent. You presented a humane and reserved look and wore your badge and uniform with all the transparency in the world. If only you were allowed to complete your future missions. For twenty-five years it was fruitful and sincere. Now those wings of valor transport you, Officer Cook, in and around God's garden of galaxies where others who paid the price are joining in. Those celebrated angelic heroes and heroines, all righteous by virtue of their vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

Serene and focused. You proved beyond a doubt, Officer Cook, that with a little perseverance, honesty and integrity that one's police life would be the answer to match wits with mayhem. You certainly worked hard and had the patience to resolve. It is just having faith in your abilities. The people of Dade County had the confidence in you and humbly speaking the character and desire was never absent. You presented a humane and reserved look and wore your badge and uniform with all the transparency in the world. If only you were allowed to complete your future missions. For twenty-five years it was fruitful and sincere. Now those wings of valor transport you, Officer Cook, in and around God's garden of galaxies where others who paid the price are joining in. Those celebrated angelic heroes and heroines, all righteous by virtue of their vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

The heroic angels that tackle the jobs that God laid out for good men and women all have a unique specialty. That trait is character and the constant honesty and dignity that must be utilized while on duty. We remember your life and noble career, Officer Cook. It was the start of a calming man of positive influence where peace and safety could walk front and center. Dade County and its residents were served in a first class manner with kindness, faith, boldness and decency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We cherish the enhancement and salute your awesome courage. Integrity, ingenuity and intelligence have to follow their partners around while searching for evil. Terror and turmoil beware.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

People who rob think they can make off with the loot. Wrong. Wrong. And wrong. What it will forever earn a brave and humbly humane hero are salutes of serenity that accompany his or her valor. You earned your keep, Officer Cook, sheltering Dade County and its people under those tall palm trees of perseverance and serene effort. A quiet and modest man who led comrades by examples of humility, good quality of character and the professional assurance that all would be okay. That peace, dignity and integrity would sprout forth a new dawning. For all future generations, your heroism, Officer Cook, has been received by Our Creator with love and affection for a well lived life, an exemplary career and a passion that drove your destinies far and wide throughout a community that cared and still pays respects to your cherished memories. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Diligence and vigilance follow in the paths and trails of feverish ferocity and tremendous tenacity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

We can sleep soundly at night and blissfully dream because of your professional composure, honor, dignity, integrity and valor, Officer Cook, that made up your unwavering character and its unselfish resolve. All that you meant as a Dade County hero to so many comrades, close friends and of course your beloved and very special family, a deep thank you and gratefulness for allowing a man of humble and humane convictions to serve, protect and preserve the esteem of all citizens. Those salutes of honor and homage paid eternally to you, Officer Cook, are deserved and dedicated to your supreme devotion to mankind and to conquering terror. Domestic discord certainly needs quick attention as it has become a problem tha thas grown out of proportion. You calmed. You cared and focused your undying effort into making our lives matter. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Chemistry is the class some of us hated. In public service it is vital to every man and woman's survival. Not just the fittest and most qualified, but to those who truly get the notion. Heroic motion, action speaks louder than words themselves. You can talk. Just commit and fulfill. Every mission has a destiny. Every journey a destination. Your travels, Officer Cook, showed beyond a doubt why you were so valuable and versatile.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

When calamity strikes at the epicenter police must be able and ready to launch a counterattack to any violent situations. There is no time to spend pondering only proficiently protecting our dignity and liberties. You were a master thinker. Officer Cook, a communicator and at the same time a compassionate soul of a man. A man filled with open and honest dialogue which was dictated by your integrity, intelligence and the humble maturity beyond your years. Character and class to fill a million rooms, communities, whatever venues are there to serve, you sir, Officer Cook, served with distinction and a humility for having serenity steered by taking trails of tenacity. The quiet and freedom of Dade County and its citizens wisely restored and resourcefulness placed squarely where it would have the greatest affect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Anchored and founded in the guises of values, ethics and the common sense to commitments that will be saluted forevermore.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

The stature of any person is how they lived and conducted their private and professional affairs. In Dade County as in all large communities it takes a total team effort of honor, bravery and the due diligence to carry on. This fight over evil and violence seems to be an insurmountable challenge for all highly trained and motivated men and women of resolve. Your way of patrolling and protecting us, Officer Cook, was to display humility, decency and the desire to commit yourself total being to boldness and those convictions that help make unity and peace stand up together and to prosper as one unit. Your outstanding character and morals made a heroic imprint and your missions and journeys won't ever be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. All these years and decades later you are still admired, respected and loved by your family, colleagues and friends, those esteemed and valiant folks who battled evil and its unmitigated stubbornness. In your home, Officer Cook, humbleness and honesty conversed righteously and proudly. It made you and Nancy into who you were, a hero and your sister who she is. If you read these reflections Nancy, I would love to speak to you and to your mother, Mrs. Julia Cook and hope she is doing well in California. I met your daughter, Mrs. Gina Wilkerson a few years ago in North Miami Beach, FL at your parents' home and of course I sobbed like a baby thinking about your brother. One sacrifice, what a gentleman, a shame our families never met we lived on NE 6th Avenue and 179th Dr. around the corner. My dad, Owen, may he to rest in peace along with my mom, Bernice was a New City policeman for thirty-eight years from 1928 until 1966. We came to Florida in August 1966 after he retired. I miss my folks and your darling younger brother. What a friend he would have been to me. A great inspiration and I do visit his grave. I got the cemetery to replace the badge tragically vandalized from his grave with a patch of Dade County. By the way, I spoke to Karen a few months ago and told her I cared about Officer Cook, her late husband. Always the warrior. Always dedicated and devoted to serving mankind. I've seen your husband, Mr. Cecil Tidwell working at the house, should have introduced myself having been in the home quite a few times and kicked a soccer ball with your grandson, Legend in your parents' backyard.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2017

The gravity of the situation demands the greatest and most gallant of efforts. In life we found effort is based upon resolve, faithfulness and the intensity that is the fundamental approach in solving most dilemmas. You stood for justice, character and honesty, Officer Cook. The way to function in a high stress and most challenging position is to stay calm as possible, collect your thoughts and have character and integrity by your side at all times. Dade County and its folks had you attention to detail, your total devotion and dedication to peace and unity. Today, because of your ultimate sacrifice, Officer Cook, you have been saluted for heroically saving lives, planning ahead, commitment to humility coupled with your humble navigation through those pathways of preserve. Decency and class was observed as you now rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of engagement and endearment. These are the boundaries of boldness and bravery with which you passionately pursued in preventing wickedness. Always the gentleman, consummate public servant, noble and humane right from your youth. The truth never was missing. Forever a modest leader of others and now as you patrol overhead please keep watching us, Officer Cook and showering down positive vibrations, it may help put evil on ice for good. No more crime, terror, riots, racial unrest whatever peril lurks may it be derailed forever.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2017

Don't boast or brag. Even those in top level positions should just go about doing their jobs and let honesty, bravery and integrity speak for itself. You allowed your daily routines, Officer Cook, to spread faith, prosperity and more wisdom than anyone will know in the Dade County community where you continue to be so honored and saluted for commitment to bravery and morals. Comrades can only have soothing words of consolation and comfort, after all you saved many lives on May 16, 1979. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Precise and deep rooted in resolve and the leadership assignments that made your partners better suited public servants. the peace, unity and liberty we all experience, Officer Cook, can take its genesis from your humility toward our society. You continue to be greatly missed. Never forgotten and always our savior, warrior and hero. One of God's many angelic men and women who now take up eternal shelter in the heavens above where no more harm will come your way, Officer Cook.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2017

I'll conclude my thought, Officer Cook, that when I view your portrait I still want to cry. Sob like a baby over your untimely death from this violence that threatens America, her values, morals and ideals. Since you were a charming man of grace, humane actions and the living and breathing example of honesty, dignity and integrity, how than could we forget your heroic life and a career with more left to accomplish. Your fulfillment uplifted the spirits and hearts of all Dade County and its people who now and forever have peace and freedom accompanying them on their journeys. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You lived by and with character. You were devoted and loyal to those causes in which you helped to wipe out evil. Our days and nights and their missions are constantly watched over and measured by Our Creator. He alone determines when the tasks are finished. You never gave up, Officer Cook, you kept up the good fight over violence until the end.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2017