Easter mid 50's

This picture was taken probably around 1956 on what I am sure was Easter Sunday. Front row left to right is Billy Hales and Stanley Outlaw. Back row left to right is Floyd Harrell, Robert Costin and Ernest Outlaw. Billy and Stanley are the only ones in this picture that are still with us. Floyd was killed in an explosion on the Cape Fear River 10 December 1960, I heard Robert died of cancer in 1989, Ernest died of heart disease 17 June 1980.

The picture was taken at the Outlaw house at what was then 132 Mercer Avenue. The house had about 3 to 4 feet of front yard and then you were in the street. When the street was paved in the early 50's they did not leave much of a yard. The good thing was back then there wasn't much traffic on Mercer, other than going to work in the mornings and coming home in the afternoon.