Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Your build your pyramid of honor, humbleness and never an absence of integrity and dignity. Those cornerstones and foundations you laid your life and career down for, Officer Cook, will forevermore remain affixed for our very futures. Brighter, yet I'm certain your beloved family members would love for you to be here so you could laugh, smile and attend with Karen all of the happiest of occasions. Though a little more than two years ago, March of 2019, your faithfullly and most humbly devout mother, Mrs. Julia Cook, passed at the humble age of 103. It was almost forty years since your sacrifice that you gave to raise security and wisdom to a higher sphere. Now as an adored angel heaven is well lit with your glowing soul and its spirit of both adventure and achievement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your heroic legacy is championed by your family's pursuits of humility and versatility.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2021
When serious trouble scorches any area all devoted and qualified public servants must race to the scene with never a second to lose. You attended that domestic scene your last day and watch, Officer Cook and though you came through many other times, May 16,1979 was a devastating scene for your comrades, wife and family all left wondering why at such a still young and tender age did they have to bury your special, sweet and venerabl soul? When honesty, dignity and integrity runinto extreme peril tp try and calm a wayward individual Dade County folks could only be grateful for your undying sacrifice and unselfish valor supported by virtue and diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2021
If you never met a hero, well, it's their family, colleagues and friends who are here to mourn, remember and to continue emulating their lives of honor and enrichment. That chord of courage and charisma touched the hearts and souls of Dade County very lovingly, Officer Cook and it was the same fashion by which you endeavored for serenity and freedom for your community combined the finest optics of outstanding dignity, respectful integrity and a character so humble yet very engaging andmost enhancing. We don't forget even in foggy times your everlasting communication with a community just desiring some semblance of wisdom, vision and maturity beyond the crowd that encircled us daily 24-7. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2021
How we humbly, honorably and humanely live our very lives today could well decide our very futures tomorrow. You exemplified life and during your short six years, Officer Cook, working on behalf of the goodwill, hope and faith of Dade County and its citizens. Humility, heart and soul absorbing the blows of evil with a gentle touch of boldness and bravery persevering the air that we take into our very lungs and hearts. You'll be forever remembered for unassuming grand character, stellar commitment and sterling convictions all truth and all trusted virtue. Accountability, responsibility, civility and sacred missions undertaken for a sense of welfare and tranquility all by your unselfish and tireless energy generating gallantry at every turn and every corner. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2021
The searches for today and tomorrow's harmony are through those pipelines of plain professionalism, proficiency and an ample amount of humbleness. Dade County and your best of truthful and trusted resources, Officer Cook, revealed sure honesty, pure dignity and intense integrity are leading your pathways of heroism and versatility, your virtuous heart and soul all courageous and all humanely giving. Everything you sadly left behind my neighbor, friend and hero is now for your adored family members to take forward as they have not forgotten their"Uncle Bo." The blueprint and its functions are all now encircling us in heaven as an angel of valor and the elascity of your best efforts put forward. Rest in peace. Direction and being able to lead others was directly because of your capabilities and being able to perform in a first class manner.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Tolerance creates an aire of patience. You practice what you preach and your life, Officer Cook, was heaven sent as you were Dade County's agent of heroism and honor. Dignity and integrity were borders of bravery and those angelic blessings of boldness and humbleness. Safety and security are the primary sources of why we pursue our happiness, health and prosperity. Badge#1664 was about comforting and offering words of support and salvation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Authority by you, Officer Cook, was not a powerplay, it was a way of endearing, engaging, enlightening, enriching and enhancing the public's missions and causes. Virtue and vision were the oars that paddled your boats of resolve and a resurgance.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Carry humility as you carry your heart and yours, Officer Cook, was carried down those Dade County trails of trust and truth, tenacity honorable and dignified. Such integrity and prideful character was your motto and mantra that has been the inspiration for these last forty-two plus years since you sacrificed your life for your community's well being and the welfare of an area is a top priority. Such a desired man whose concern and dedication was sincere and quite special. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humanity salutes with a fondness and solemnness your life and career one you chose without reservation.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Fate can be happy though it sometimes can be horribly sad. But, your young life and promising career, Officer Cook, serving proudly the people of Dade County was the living and shining example of honesty, integrity and the characters of dignity, reverence and the heart, soul and glue of his family during other tragic moments. Your family my neighbor, friend and hero has not forgotten you, heaven forbid and had always tried to keep your inspirations at heart as they carry on the foundation of your legacy and heroism. Our harmony, unity and liberty have all come through your tireless energy, unselfish spirit and all the virtue, valor and onus in carrying assignments on your broad shoulders. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Your stakes of serenity, safety and security were pitched by the tents of tenacity, honor and heroic dignity and integrity. Dade County was your venue of expertise and intervention, such unselfish effort and all heart and a brave soul, Officer Cook, that covered its residents with nothing but the best. God has humbly rewarded and blessed your unassuming nature and decent character and such astute acumen, awareness and the total validation of your earthly dedication to rid humanity of what causes tensions, unrest and senseless bloodshed which further destroys the goodwill, hope and faith of our world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Proud, precise and proficient, a man whose destiny was to humbly patrol Dade County with the barometers of dignity, respect and the eyes of both integrity and honesty. To find that sacred undertaking and for a gentleman of God, you served with pleasure and a most wise and passionate heart and soul of caring and a kindship of kindness which has left mankind safer today though a bit less because of your absense, Officer Cook. Your loved ones, colleagues and friends have all missed your smile, vim and vigor, the faithfuness of your virtue giving every ounce of strength to fulfill your earthly journeys of justice, fairness and trust all truthfully protected by wisdom, vision and maturity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
You pluck weeds out of the ground. You find fairness, firmness and their foundations where honor, humbleness and dignity all belong. Your soul and heart of heroic integrity and respect, Officer Cook, has been forevermore etched on walls and placed down on streets signs. Dade County and badge#1664 will be cherished and admired for generation after generation. Such fierce determination, dedication and devotion were your handpieces of humility making tranquility more central for mankind. Its folks won't forget you and neither haveyour friends from the job or your beloved family who mourned you but vowing to carry on your fights and legacy with the same virtue and diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Whenever I visit your grave I try to keep the ground aroundit free of weeds and the like. After all your life was a perpetual train of tenacity in motion. The encounters were always greeted with relief and resolution.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Hurting good men and women just is not right. Taking a life of a wonderful and gallant young man with so much left to accomplish. You were ordained by Our Creator, Officer Cook, to tackle what makes society dizzying like a bat. Evil needs the attention of those whose character, commitment and convictions measure up to the proper ethics, discipline and the morals so well rounded intheir entire being, a heart and a soul of charisma, charm and courage that patrolled Dade County so well as you performed each watch that way.It was your style and sense of direction where your vision, wisdom and maturity took flight and located their roots of resolve and resiliency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
You've been gone a long time, Officer Cook, yet the memories are forever fresh in your family, peers and friends hearts and minds. That beautiful smile so missed as it was your dynamic persona that made for everyone's happiness, peace and prosperity. Dade County has its heroes and heroines, you provided and produced a true brotherhood and never ending bond between mankind and humanity that has remained so vitally endearing. Your loved ones can take solace and humble comfort in recognizing your passions to become the very best at your position where responsibility and accountability run down the same trails as truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
The bumps and potholes are there just as evil, wickedness and whatever else lurks and seeks to ruin the fortunes of mankind. Society and Dade County can never thank you enough, Officer Cook, for a job well done. Undying, unwavering, unselfish, unrelenting in your daily wars over violence. Your life and career was still rather young when an evil man decided authority and obeying their directions was not his style. Sad, tragic and a man of honor, humility and all the reverence of dignity and integrity giving their soul and heart to right a ship of serious trouble. Cornerstones all apartof your heroic legacy ofvirtue, vigilance and versatility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Fundamentals leave those foundations forever signed and sealed with admiration, loyalty and the esteem of knowing you produced when the stakes counted. Each moment of a public servant's life and career the balance between boldness and bedlam can shift in a heartbeat. Dade County was served by a young man, a gentleman of character, honesty and respect who never yielded to a rush of real trouble. Your hopes and aspirations, Officer Cook, only heroic and sacred created that difference and left an impression to be certainly remembered and etched upon your family and colleagues' hearts. The model of mettle, morals and scruples all designed to change the interior and exterior from violent to serene. Passions and journeys surely blessed and anglically rewarded. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Solid citizen and steady as a law enforcement professional, precise, proud and proficient.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
When circumstances warrant being sedentary will not be able to muster its capabilities and abilities to give their best humble endeavors. You were a man, Officer Cook, in motion patrolling your beloved community of Dade County with an honest and heroic heart and soul. Such undying courage and convictions all dutifully remembered and given solemn salutes for everything consistant with character, reverence and the integrity that nevers shies away from peril. Unselfish, tireless, the complete scales of trust, truth and virtue coming between adversity and our humane security. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Never forgotten and always a treasured angel who is walking those perfect streets of comapassion and mercy.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2021
Tenacity is not a toy to be bounced around and played with. Ferocity is not fickle and neither is a gentleman's humility and mighty heart and soul. Yours, Officer Cook, performed for the will of the folks living in and around the corridors of Dade County. A place we both called home. And it's where you gave your life and career of endless courage, dignity and integrity looking right smack dab in adversity's eyes and face. Your tracks of justice were headed upward as you protected our wisdom, vision and clarity for six years of loyal, esteemed and most faithful passions. The trials and tribulations of life go forward with your heroic legacy my neighbor, friend and hero illuminating those trails and pathways of perseverance. Rest in peace. Commitments to excellence and pride were your earthly missions and convictions all determination and never a bone of conceit.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2021
God really sheds His grace down on Thee. And your honored and heroic heart, soul and spirit, Officer Cook, shines down upon this land and on the people of Dade County who were humanely to have your due preservation among its midst. Your were consummately caring, fair and beloved not only by your family, but, a whole department and an entire police world. Such character and fortitude that was the stabilizers of our own very tranquility and serenity to be humbly enjoyed. Health, happiness and the pursuits of your dreams, goals and aspirations are now inspirations for us to reach out and grab. Humility is not a cup of coffee and is a principle, a virtue that can take years, decades to acquire. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your sincerity, appeal and acumen made the difference in how our very lives have mattered.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2021
Proud, precise and proficient, a man whose destiny was to humbly patrol Dade County with the barometers of dignity, respect and the eyes of both integrity and honesty. To find that sacred undertaking and for a gentleman of God, you served with pleasure and a most wise and passionate heart and soul of caring and a kindship of kindness which has left mankind safer today though a bit less because of your absense, Officer Cook. Your loved ones, colleagues and friends have all missed your smile, vim and vigor, the faithfuness of your virtue giving every ounce of strength to fulfill your earthly journeys of justice, fairness and trust all truthfully protected by wisdom, vision and maturity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2021
We sanctify God's great and powerful name as His divine intervention helps to bring about the passions of which we pursue while trying to follow His perfect blueprints of boldness and bravery. His pathways and trails are true and dignified were the ones you strived to walk down, Officer Cook. A Dade County hero of virtue and adventure who made his ventures and vehicles of valor and versatility count for everything. A safe shelter and secure havens are what we all yearn for. Your peace of mind, health and happiness meant the world to Karen and your loving family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dignity, dedication and grit supported your navigations of never ending hope and humbleness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2021
Your final place where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, shall forevermore remain a sacred and humble ground where your heart and soul lie serene as God continues to blessed and reward you for being diligent towards Dade County and its population. Your personality of humility, desire, dignity and integrity all endeavored to quell a severe doemstic incident between a man and his wife. His anger caused more harm that nothing can repair nor being you back to your family, comrades and close friends. Your discipline and devotion were yardmarkers of your remarkable ability, versatility and civility all sacredly mastered to deliver faith, hope and truth to the word trustworthy. A cornerstone calulated to produce a rightful semblance of sanity and nobility.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2021
Heinousness does not horse around. While acts of evil seem to submerge a community those decent, honorable and dignified men and women of law enforcement must be astute, aware and awake to stop the dangers before they clog the streets and homes of callousness and your undivided attention to detail, Officer Cook, is forever greatly and most heroically appreciated. Dade County and its residents benefitted for your unselfish and tireless resourcefulness, goodwill and the virtue of a most caring heart and soul of character and integrity. The fortitude built the very foundations of our future one bereft of your absence now that heaven has your angelic spirit to guide those here on their patrols of freedom and safety. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2021
A man of motion, a gentleman of perseverance and tireless resolve all by utilizing his heart of humbleness and his soul of serenity and versatility to try and to undo what was happening tothe people while you watched over Dade County and their cherished lives. Officer Cook, you'll always be your loved ones' hero and forevermore that of your entire department. You ran to danger and make no mistake every breath of energy and every stroke of dignity, integrity and trust was accentuated and is forever perpetuated by those who have succeeded you. Gone to early, but never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2021
if you aspire to become something no matter the cause or purpose, you'll probably inspire people too. Their lives, dreams and hearts have meaning and it's found in loyal and quality public servants like yourself, Officer Cook, who made more than a niche, more than a dent in dignity and in uplifting society to where it truly belongs. With reverence and the due diligence you were able to lead other comrades through thick and thin. A new dawn and a new chapter in your life, career and ideals of commitment and excellence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County had its man of humility and convictions encircling them at all times.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2021
Delicate yet dedicated. To deliberate and yet to act decisively, you cannot ask for more and yet, Officer Cook, you gave your entire being to shield and to shelter Dade County folks in tranquility. A tall order and it was carried out with skill and the versatility of being dignified and poignantly open, fair and honest. Never a misstep and neither any hesitation as your heroism performed in a high regard. Principles, values and scruples never abandoned and never off track just trust and a passion to succeed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2021
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