Brother John Pemberton
July 8th 1831 – August 16th 1888
Member of:
Columbia Lodge # 7 Columbus, Georgia
Developed the formula for Pemberton’s French Wine Coca, which was changed to Coca Cola during prohibition which we all know today.
Brother Pemberto was lieutenant colonel of the Confederate Army’s Third Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Georgia State Guard.
In 1965 he was wounded when he was slashed across the chest by a saber.
