The home has held services for many prominent African-Americans, including Benjamin Hooks and Martin Luther King Jr.

Robert Lewis Jr. became a business leader in Memphis, and was noted for his efforts at establishing T. O. Fuller State Park.

The driver, Solomon Jones, an employee of the Lewis Funeral Home, was one of the last people to speak to King before he was shot, and also attempted to chase the shooter, to no avail.

Within an hour, his body was taken to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner at John Gaston Hospital, where Dr. Jerry Francisco performed an autopsy.

"[4][5] King's primary wake was held on April 5 in the home's chapel, which filled with thousands of mourners wishing to view the body.