KIWANIS LOSES A LEGEND

We are deeply saddened to report the death of long time member and past-President Bob Cook from a heart attack. A memorial service was be held for Bob this June 16 at St Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church. The family was comforted by the large number of Kiwanians who attended the funeral.

A short memorial from Butch Shadwell follows:

Our dear friend Bob Cook died 12 June 2006 of heart failure. He would have been 78 on July 20, 2006. I have met very few men in my life with his strength of character and devotion to God and his fellow man. In the forty years I have known them, Bob and his wife Peg have been prime examples in my life of what good people should be. I can only regret that more people could not have learned from his intelligence and insight. Bob did all he could and it is his time to rest now.

Another short memorial just added from Sam Long:

Some folks you think will always be there.  Ish Brant, Molly Holbert and now Bob Cook, it just points out that no body get out of this life alive.  Lord willing, the sun will come up in the morning and the birds will all sing and life will seemingly go on.  But the truth is that there is now a void that will take more than four or five men and women to fill.  You don't replace Ish Brants and Bob Cooks and Miss Molly.  The Jacksonville Beach Club is great because of them and will continue to be a great club, because of them.