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[[Al Ater]], a Ferriday farmer who was a former state representative and the acting Louisiana secretary of state at the time of Hanna's death, was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral, along with former [[U.S. Representative]] John Cooksey of Monroe, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], and former state Representative [[Bryant Hammett]], a Democrat from Ferriday. Ater said that few individuals had "their finger on the pulse of politics in Louisiana more than he did. He had a sixth sense of the happenings of the political situation in this state -- police jury to governor, your source for information was Sam Hanna."<ref name=eandp/>
[[Al Ater]], a Ferriday farmer who was a former state representative and the acting Louisiana secretary of state at the time of Hanna's death, was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral, along with former [[U.S. Representative]] John Cooksey of Monroe, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], and former state Representative [[Bryant Hammett]], a Democrat from Ferriday. Ater said that few individuals had "their finger on the pulse of politics in Louisiana more than he did. He had a sixth sense of the happenings of the political situation in this state -- police jury to governor, your source for information was Sam Hanna."<ref name=eandp/>
One of Hanna’s columns, "A Christmas Quail Hunt," which reflects his love of quail hunting, was published annually in his papers. His son still runs the column each December in the three Hanna papers in his father's memory.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.concordiasentinel.com/news.php?id=4567|title=A Christmas Quail Hunt|publisher=concordiasentinel.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
One of Hanna’s columns, "A Christmas Quail Hunt," which reflects his love of quail hunting, was published annually in his papers. His son, Sam "Sammy" Hanna, Jr. (born 1969), still runs the column each December in the three Hanna papers in his father's memory.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.concordiasentinel.com/news.php?id=4567|title=A Christmas Quail Hunt|publisher=concordiasentinel.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>