For the last nine years, JoLeene Young, Gregg's aunt, has utilized her artistic talent to create an extensive Halloween display admired by those who pass her house on Bank Street in Bridgeville.
Themes vary year-to-year with ghosts, goblins and skeletons on display. This year Young decided on a different theme: Dead Celebrities.
Marilyn Monroe is the one wearing the bridesmaid's gown, flashy thrift store jewelry and an atrocious white wig.
Standing tall, or, in the case of John Lennon, sitting on a bail of hay, are Michael Jackson in his "Thriller" outfit and surrounded by zombies, and Jimi Hendrix with a peace-sign necklace and guitar.
Young expected the display to be ready well before Halloween complete with smoke, music, lights and a few other surprises.
Preparations took more than a month as Young crafted the latex faces and hands to accent the used mannequins her father-in-law found before they were tossed in the trash by a local clothing store. The face-building process "took a whole lot of trial and error," Young said. "I had to build the faces, paint them and let them dry."
Choosing the dead celebrities also took time, Young and Gregg said. Sure, there are a lot of dead celebrities, but Young said some had died too recently, like Patrick Swayze and Farrah Fawcett. Others were well known, like Janis Joplin, but the public may not have easily recognized their faces.
Young's mind is already whirling about who to add next season.
Planning and building the display takes time. She tries to keep costs down. That's why Monroe wears her daughter's bridesmaid's grown from Gregg's wedding. Jackson's red pants are Young's old sweatpants. Her husband's black pants adorn a zombie. She found Jackson's shinny shoes for $3 at Goodwill.
When the display appears, there's practically a parade in front of her house.
"The neighborhood waits for it," she said.
And yes, Young dresses to greet the trick-or-treaters who make their way through the display on Halloween.
"Yep, they brave it out to come up to the porch," Young said with a smile. "They know the big candy bars are here."
This year she's planning to dress as Lucille Ball, complete with red wig and big red lips.
"Guess I'll be a dead celebrity too," Young said with a chuckle.
She experiences no vandalism. One year, however, she said a pumpkin was moved and she found rosary beads neatly placed underneath. Weird, but maybe, she said, there's a special blessing on the display. She's not willing to uncover the significance of the religious beads.
And speaking of religion, the entire display is disassembled and put away before Nov. 1.
"It's All Saints Day and everyone around here is Catholic, and it all has to come down," Young said.