Merle’s 52 friends:
- Amanda Robertson
- Elizabeth Webb
- Leon Harvey
- Suzanne Melton
- Celia Wise
- Tonia Hines
- Jeffrey Garza
- Kelly Cole
- Mohamed Townsend
- Blanche Perez
- Grace Warren
- Ingrid Grant
- Trisha Grimes
- Queen Vega
- Rowan Green
- Tameka Houston
- Marvin Lyons
- Geraldine Klein
- Mandy Nicholson
- Myrtle Bradford
- Ginger Mitchell
- Deanna Fernandez
- Deirdre Taylor
- Edith Gordon
- Alexis Garcia
- Celia Duncan
- Andrew Preston
- Kathleen Mann
- Taylor Watts
- Gladys Zimmerman
- Evan Long
- Annette Cantu
- Jacob Webb
- Jeannine Griffith
- Gideon Martinez
- Betty Malone
- Julius Joseph
- Esther Padilla
- Mario Trevino
- Elisabeth Herrera
- Dashawn Rose
- Cathleen Howe
- Alexander Charles
- Madeline Trujillo
- Cale Powell
- Bonnie Banks
- Quinten Guerrero
- Jolene Horn
- Braden Farley
- June Anderson
- Nasir Castro
- Sylvia Wilson