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W.H. Hanley, who learned the trade at Atlanta's first Black-owned funeral parlor, built one of the South's largest Black funeral businesses here in Sweet Auburn; his Bell Street home handled the funerals of boxer 'Tiger' Flowers and, in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Hanley's Funeral Home is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7550, -84.3794 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bronner Brothers Store, Big Bethel A.M.E. Church, and Soul Food Row.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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