UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
COOK, JOHN M.
c/o The Profit Recovery Group Int'l., Inc.
2300 Windy Ridge Parkway
Suite 100, North
Atlanta, GA  30339-8426
USA
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
August 25, 1999
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CRYOLIFE, INC.
CRYL
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director  ( ) 10% Owner  ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)

6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                                                                           |
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1. Title of Security                       |2. Amount of          |3. Ownership    |4. Nature of Indirect                          |
|   Securities         |   Form:        |   Beneficial Ownership                        |
|   Beneficially       |   Direct(D) or |                                               |
|   Owned              |   Indirect(I)  |                                               |
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Common Stock                               |10,000 shares         |I               |By LLC controlled by                           |
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|                      |                |reporting person                               |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned                                                                             |
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1.Title of Derivative   |2.Date Exer-       |3.Title and Amount     |         |4. Conver-|5. Owner-    |6. Nature of Indirect      |
Security              |  cisable and      |  of Underlying        |         |sion or   |ship         |   Beneficial Ownership    |
|  Expiration       |  Securities           |         |exercise  |Form of      |                           |
|  Date(Month/      |-----------------------|---------|price of  |Deriv-       |                           |
|  Day/Year)        |                       |Amount   |deri-     |ative        |                           |
| Date    | Expira- |                       |or       |vative    |Security:    |                           |
| Exer-   | tion    |         Title         |Number of|Security  |Direct(D) or |                           |
| cisable | Date    |                       |Shares   |          |Indirect(I)  |                           |
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Explanation of Responses:
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
JOHN M. COOK
DATE
September 3 , 1999