Memphis Zoo - 1954

seated:  Wade Butler, Clyde Whitsett

standing:  George Franks, Earl Butler, Jones Whitsett

This was probably the year that Vernor Butler was shot and paralyzed as a deputy sheriff in Wayne Co. TN.
This group of men was probably visiting Vernor in the Veterans Hospital in Memphis, TN.

source: Joy Franks, daughter of George Franks via Russell Butler