John Pemberton John Pemberton John Stith Pemberton ( – ) was an American pharmacist whom is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become world-famous as Coca-Cola, but sold his rights to the drink shortly before his death. Pemberton was born on , in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent most of his childhood in Rome, Georgia. His parents were James C. Pemberton and Martha L. Gant. He entered the Reform Medical College of Georgia in Macon, Georgia, and in 1850, at the age of nineteen, he earned his medical
Bonnie Pemberton Bonnie Pemberton Bonnie Pemberton is an American author, playwright, actress and animal activist. She invented the cat anti-scratch deterrent, "Sticky Paws® for Furniture" to prevent declawing, and her company, Fe-Lines, Inc, (1996–2012), donated thousands of dollars to animal charities through The Buddy Fund. Her trilogy of one act plays, "Thanks For Sharing That", was produced by the Blue Line Theater Company in Los Angeles. Film and television credits include "Crisis At Central High" (1981) and "Rosalie Goes Shopping" (1989), "Celebrity", "Terms of Endearment", "Dear John" and over one hundred television and radio commercials. As an author, her fantasy fiction novels