Larry Pike was born in Savannah, Georgia, on February 23, 1939, at the Telfair Hospital to Abe and Hykie Pike. Bonnie Haykin was born on January 1, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Harry and Pauline Haykin. Larry and Bonnie were married in 1959.

Larry graduated from Savannah High School in 1956 and was voted Most Likely to Succeed. He graduated from Emory University in 1960. While at Emory he was Phi Beta Kappa, president of the Interfraternity Council, editor-in-chief of the Emory Wheel (the student newspaper), and was a member of the Honor Council, the Senior Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society, and Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor society. Larry was also a Fulbright Scholar at Leeds University in the UK in 1960-1961. He graduated from Emory Law School in 1963 and served as the editor-in-chief of the Emory Law Review and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal honor society.

Bonnie graduated from Central High School in Omaha in 1956 and received her B.A. from the State University of New York in 1979. She was an acclaimed playwright, winning the National Play Award in 1984 for Three Brass Monkeys while a resident playwright at The Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta. She also was an accomplished lyricist, teaming up with composer Michael Fauss for Pigs, The Judgment of December 23rd, Sweet Sweet Auburn, and Pinocchio. She edited an English libretto of Franz Lehar’s Merry Wives of Windsor for Atlanta Lyric Opera. Bonnie also developed a course, “The Bible as Literature,” which was part of the curriculum at The Paideia School in Atlanta, where she taught humanities.

Larry has practiced law in Atlanta since 1964. He was a managing partner of Branch Pike & Ganz, which merged with Holland & Knight in 1995. He is currently a partner with Holland & Knight in Atlanta.

Larry has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including as president of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, The Temple (Atlanta), American Cancer Society local unit, Ansley Park Civic Association, Georgia State Association of B’nai B’rith Lodges, as chair of the Emory University Planned Giving Council, and on the boards of the Savannah Music Festival, Leadership Atlanta, the National Board of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Phi Beta Kappa.  He also received the Greater Good Award of the Georgia Planned Giving Council.

Larry and Bonnie had three children: Douglas, Stacey, and Scott, along with four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Bonnie died on November 20, 2015, age 76. She is buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah.

Larry established the Larry and Bonnie Pike Family Fund at the Georgia Historical Society in 2025, ensuring that their commitment to Georgia history will continue in perpetuity.