A final design was approved for a statue to honor Fanny Williams, the late civil rights activist and namesake for Smyrna s formerly infamous restaurant, Aunt Fanny s Cabin.
An historic, yet controversial, cabin in Smyrna has been demolished. The city says it was necessary. Those who aren't happy Aunt Fanny's Cabin was taken down showed up at Monday night's city council meeting.
For half a century, celebrities, tourists and local residents flocked to Aunt Fanny's Cabin, a restaurant known as much for its Southern menu as for its depiction of plantation life and racist imagery, where white patrons were served by young black waiters with yoke-like wooden menu boards hung around their necks.
At Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, which closed years ago, young Black waiters sang for white patrons. The community is divided over how, and whether, to preserve the institution’s legacy.
A decision has been made on an historic, yet controversial, building in Smyrna. City leaders voted to give it to a group that plans to move it to Carroll County.