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Born in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], to William Hanna, Sr. (1903-1980), and the former Irma Belle Adams (1907-1980). The couple married in 1925 in an airplane traveling 75 miles per hour some 2,000 feet above the surface of the earth, a unique wedding for that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174152980/william-thomas-hanna|title=William Thomas "Bill" Hanna, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>Hanna's mother was the aunt of [[Owen D. Adams]], one of the first [[Republican Party|Republicans]] elected to the former Caddo Parish Police Jury and later for twelve years as the mayor of Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178600611/owen-dickson-adams|title=Owen Dickson Adams|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
Born in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], to William Hanna, Sr. (1903-1980), and the former Irma Belle Adams (1907-1980). The couple married in 1925 in an airplane traveling 75 miles per hour some 2,000 feet above the surface of the earth, a unique wedding for that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174152980/william-thomas-hanna|title=William Thomas "Bill" Hanna, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>Hanna's mother was the aunt of [[Owen D. Adams]], one of the first [[Republican Party|Republicans]] elected to the former Caddo Parish Police Jury and later for twelve years as the mayor of Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178600611/owen-dickson-adams|title=Owen Dickson Adams|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
Hanna moved in infancy with his parents from Kansas City to Shreveport. In 1947, he graduated from [[Clifton Ellis Byrd High School]] in Shreveport and enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], He played on the LSU Tigers [[baseball]] team from 1949 to 1951, and was thereafter a shortstop for several minor league teams but soon returned to Shreveport to join his father in business.<ref name=obit>Scott Ferrell, Former Shreveport Mayor Bill Hanna dies at 86," ''The Shreveport Times,'' December 18, 2016}}</ref>
Hanna moved in infancy with his parents from Kansas City to Shreveport. In 1947, he graduated from [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport and enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], He played on the LSU Tigers [[baseball]] team from 1949 to 1951, and was thereafter a shortstop for several minor league teams but soon returned to Shreveport to join his father in business.<ref name=obit>Scott Ferrell, Former Shreveport Mayor Bill Hanna dies at 86," ''The Shreveport Times,'' December 18, 2016}}</ref>
In 1977, Hanna was named "Automobile Dealer of the Year" by the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, of which he once was the president. The company was well known for the popular sales slogan, "You Can Afford a Hanna Ford," which was intended to attract moderate-income buyers.<ref name=fullobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-thomas-hanna-jr&pid=183143757|title=William Thomas Hanna, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 20, 2016|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name=findagrave/> Hanna Ford, however, no longer exists.
In 1977, Hanna was named "Automobile Dealer of the Year" by the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, of which he once was the president. The company was well known for the popular sales slogan, "You Can Afford a Hanna Ford," which was intended to attract moderate-income buyers.<ref name=fullobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-thomas-hanna-jr&pid=183143757|title=William Thomas Hanna, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 20, 2016|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name=findagrave/> Hanna Ford, however, no longer exists.