While the original Gerber baby enjoyed the bit of celebrity that came with the role, she hoped to be remembered for something else.
Turner Cook’s role as the sparkling-eyed, pillow-cheeked mascot was officially confirmed by the company itself in a 1950s court case and to the public in 1978. And while the original Gerber baby enjoyed the bit of celebrity that came with the role, she hoped to be remembered for something else.“She always said ‘What I want to be known as is a great teacher,’” said Lenora Lake-Guidry, who spent three years as Turner Cook’s student in the late ’60s.
“It couldn’t have come at a better time,” she told the St. Petersburg Times in 1997. “We paid for college and bought our first car with the money.”AdWhat mattered to Turner Cook was her legacy as a teacher, said her son, Cliff Cook.Turner Cook played records of the Bard’s work in her classroom while her students read along.The Cooks had four children and always a collection of odd pets, said Jan Cook, including horned toads, sea horses, a rattlesnake, turtles and mice.
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