David Robert Coker (20 November 1870 – 28 November 1938) was an agricultural reformer and a son of Major James Lide Coker, founder of Coker College and Sonoco, Inc.
Ruth's mother insisted that she attend Coker College, a women's school in Hartsville, South Carolina, but her father arranged for her to attend summer courses, through fear that Coker would not provide satisfactory education in the sciences.
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Instead they enrolled her at Coker College, a women's school in Hartsville, South Carolina, where she was one of 275 students, including her older sister, Louise, with whom Bonnie roomed her first year.
Major James Lide Coker (January 3, 1837 in Society Hill, South Carolina – June 25, 1918 in Hartsville, South Carolina) was a businessman, merchant, industrialist, philanthropist, and Civil War veteran, and the founder of Sonoco Products Company and Coker College.
After his father's death that year, Hammie returned to South Carolina to enroll at Coker College in South Carolina.
In 2004 Hammie earned his Bachelor of Arts in Drawing and minor in Psychology from Coker College, and participated in his first solo exhibition.