Cookhj- From his Wife Shelley

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cookhj

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Posted: 7/11/2011 1:11:54 PM EDT

Howie LOVED hanging out on AR-15 (sometimes food was the only thing that could pull him away!). I just want to let you all know that I'm thinking about you guys. I don't know how to get into his account to post more info on services- I just happened to have the page logged in from his last visit here. Could someone send me information at [email protected] (please put AR-15 in subject line somewhere) so I can post about services and his obit and the messages don't get lost in all the threads?

Also, if you would, please consider donating to Wounded Warrior Project in his memory. http://woundedwarriorproject.org/ He lived his life to help others, and his last act was to save his passenger. He would want that legacy to continue.

God bless you all. Thank you for all of the laughter and passion you brought to my husbands life(and in turn, he passed on to mine!). He was richer for knowing all of you.
Sincerely,
Shelley Cook
San Antonio, TX.

tommyrich <---Cookie Thief Joined Jun 2007 Posts 4520 EE 100% (21) MO, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 1:24:36 PM EDT [#1] So sorry for your loss. RIP
	Facta Non Verba

MP15T Member Joined Apr 2007 Posts 4797 EE 100% (88) PA, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 1:28:49 PM EDT [#2] Originally Posted By tommyrich: So sorry for your loss. RIP

Shoresy Coffee Fueled, Beer Cooled. Joined Sep 2004 Posts 27371 EE 100% (50) TN, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:02:39 PM EDT [#3] Originally Posted By tommyrich: So sorry for your loss. RIP
	Everyone's your brother until the rent comes due.

Combat_Jack Send It Joined Dec 2001 Posts 58546 EE 100% (27) USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:16:44 PM EDT [#4] Email sent.
	"There are really no last, final campaigns. Each generation must renew and win again for itself, the precious gift of liberty, and the sacred heritage of freedom." Ronald Wilson Reagan

NotDeaf I hear you, I'm NotDeaf Joined Mar 2002 Posts 2560 EE 100% (87) USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:37:17 PM EDT [#5] Originally Posted By tommyrich: So sorry for your loss. RIP
	"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." Thomas Jefferson

Merrell ARFcom's resident optimist™ Joined Apr 2003 Posts 43293 EE 100% (8) PA, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:39:15 PM EDT [#6] Very sorry for your loss.
	Not a lot smarter but another year old...

Vulcan94 Proud to be a American كاف ! Joined Mar 2001 Posts 4752 EE 0% (0) NC, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:45:59 PM EDT [#7] So sorry for your loss. Vulcan94
	"It is better to have lived one day as a lion than one thousand days as a sheep." Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Clinger, USA The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. ~ Margaret Thatcher

Drsalee E pluribus unum Joined Jun 2008 Posts 12099 EE 100% (2) CA, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:48:56 PM EDT [#8] I am heartbroken over this. May God give you strength. RIP Cookhj.
	Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams, 1814

parabellum_9x19 Member Joined Jan 2011 Posts 2677 EE 100% (3) IL, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:50:18 PM EDT [#9] I am very sorry for your loss Ma'am.
	"Never confuse dissent with disloyalty" -Edward R. Murrow

Screechjet1 Good dog, Maddie! Joined Sep 2005 Posts 20191 EE 100% (2) USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 2:51:06 PM EDT [Last Edit: Screechjet1] [#10] Ms. Cook- Please know that your husband was a valued member here, and many share in your grief, as incalculable as I'm sure it is for you. Your husband was a good man and Patriot, and shall be missed.
	"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be." VADM James Stockdale, USN

AR_Shorty Tactical Parent Joined Jun 2001 Posts 2682 EE 100% (124) PA, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 3:07:58 PM EDT [#11] Shelley - please accept my deepest condolences.
	"I'm going to type every word I know! Rectangle. America. Megaphone. Monday. Butthole."

AJE Quite Shallow & Pedantic Joined Nov 2005 Posts 12890 EE 100% (76) OH, USA	Posted: 7/11/2011 3:14:25 PM EDT [#12] I'm sorry for your loss, and however little this post helps, I hope it makes you feel a little bit better.
	GLOCK Armorer "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” Winston Churchill

Illysium

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Posted: 7/11/2011 9:35:00 PM EDT

[#13]

Originally Posted By cookhj:
Howie LOVED hanging out on AR-15 (sometimes food was the only thing that could pull him away!). I just want to let you all know that I'm thinking about you guys. I don't know how to get into his account to post more info on services- I just happened to have the page logged in from his last visit here. Could someone send me information at [email protected] (please put AR-15 in subject line somewhere) so I can post about services and his obit and the messages don't get lost in all the threads?

Also, if you would, please consider donating to Wounded Warrior Project in his memory. http://woundedwarriorproject.org/ He lived his life to help others, and his last act was to save his passenger. He would want that legacy to continue.

God bless you all. Thank you for all of the laughter and passion you brought to my husbands life(and in turn, he passed on to mine!). He was richer for knowing all of you.
Sincerely,
Shelley Cook
San Antonio, TX.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Donation sent. I'll keep them on my monthly list.

Keith_J Veteran of Reagan Era Joined Jan 2001 Posts 65466 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 7/14/2011 11:40:00 AM EDT [#14] There are plenty of discussions here about what is best, 9mm or .45. Miller or Bud. Army or Marines. Howard applied the philosophy of "Get Both". VMI, USMC, US Army. Enlisted, Non-Commissioned and Warrant Officer. Virginia and Texas. Combat arms and Medical. Smooth air and soft landings, Mr. Cook.
	GD: Too much Chicken Little, not enough Gene Kranz.

Screechjet1 Good dog, Maddie! Joined Sep 2005 Posts 20375 EE 100% (2) USA	Posted: 7/14/2011 11:53:42 AM EDT [#15] When I was looking into Army Flight School, Chief Cook drafted a long message of advice. He didn't need to, but he obviously took a long time out of his day to help out someone who he'd likely never meet. That's a gentleman. He will be missed.
	"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be." VADM James Stockdale, USN

theliberating1 See, my mule don't like people laughin... Joined Jan 2005 Posts 9964 EE 100% (5) USA	Posted: 8/2/2011 5:57:57 AM EDT [#16] So sorry, mam

Goodn Member Joined Dec 2008 Posts 1712 EE 0% (0) ND, USA	Posted: 8/30/2011 10:01:38 PM EDT [#17]
	Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for? - Eleanor Roosevelt

Cookhj- From his Wife Shelley

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