| Mrs. | Abbott | One of Junior and Linnie Mae's neighbor. |
| Edwin | Alban | Stock's successor. Aka: Eddie. |
| Lois | Angell | Jeannie's in mother-in-law. |
| Barbara Jane | Autry | Abby's more irksome orphan. Aka: B. J. Autry. |
| Sissy | Bailey | Owner of the apartment that Red might buy. |
| Mr. | Barkalow | One of Junior's neighbor. |
| Eula | Barrister | Trey's mother. Aka: Queen Eula. |
| Walter | Barrister I | Founder of Barrister Financial. |
| Walter | Barrister III | Pookie's fiancé. Aka: Trey. |
| Ree | Bascomb | Abby's friend. |
| Elise | Baylor | Amanda's daughter. |
| Hugh | Baylor | Amanda's husband. Aka: Amanda's Hugh. |
| Tucky | Bennett | Pookie's admirer. |
| Ernest | Brill | Textile manufacturer. |
| Mrs. | Brill | Ernest's wife. |
| Peg | Brown | Worked at Denny's nursery school. |
| Sax | Brown | One of Whitshanks's neighbors. |
| Mrs. | Bruce | Stem's client. |
| Lena | Carlucci | Carla's mother. |
| Mr. | Dale | One of Abby's orphans. |
| Grandma | Dalton | Abby's mother. |
| Bess | Davies | Junior's landlady. |
| | De'Ontay | Red's employee. |
| Carol | Dunn | One of Abby's friends. |
| Barbara Jane | Eames | Stem's biological mother. |
| Mr. | Early | One of Junior and Linnie Mae's neighbor. |
| Marge | Ellis | Whitshanks's neighbor. |
| Mrs. | Girt | Whitshanks's housekeeper. |
| Dr. Richard | Hancock | Denny's therapist. Aka: Hankie. |
| Marilee | Hodges | Jeannie and Amanda's aqcuintance. |
| Mrs. | Honeycutt | One of Junior's client. |
| Louisa | Hutchinson | The one who phoned the Whitshanks of Abby's accident. |
| Jonas | Inman | Linnie Mae's grandfather. |
| Linnie Mae | Inman | Junior's wife. |
| Loretta Carroll | Inman | Linnie Mae's grandmother. |
| Mr. | Inman | Linnie Mae's father. |
| Pixie | Kincaid | One of Merrick's friends. |
| Maddie | Lane | One of Merrick's friends. |
| Amy | Lin | Denny's girlfriend. |
| Dr. | Lin | Amy's father. |
| Hank | Lothian | One of Junior's workmen. |
| Mrs. | Mallon | One of Abby's orphans. |
| Dodd | McDowell | One of Junior's workmen. |
| Martha | Moffat | Linnie Mae's friend. |
| Sue Ellen | Moore | Red and Abby's old friend. |
| Mr. | Muldoon | Managed the mica mines. |
| Joe | Murphy | Cora's husband. |
| | Nelsons | One of Whitshanks's neighbors. |
| Doris | Nivers | Linnie Mae's friend and neighbor. |
| Douglas Alan | O'Brian | Red and Abby's ward. Aka: Stem Whitshank, Stem. |
| Lawrence D. | O'Brian | Stem's biological father. Aka: Lonesome O'Brian. |
| Madame | O'Leary | Elise's ballet teacher. |
| Dick | Quinn | Dane's father. |
| Dane | Quinn | Red's old friend. Abby's ex-boyfriend. |
| Ward | Rainey | Red's old friend. |
| Gary | Sherman | One of Junior's workmen. |
| Tommy | Shuford | Martha's husband. |
| Bertie | Stephenson | Dane's father's college roommate. |
| Reverend | Stock | Retired pastor at Hampden Fellowship. |
| Dean | Trouble | Builds fine furniture. |
| Pookie | Vanderlin | Merrick's best friend from fourth grade. |
| Mrs | Vincent | Abby's old neighbor. |
| Clyde L. | Ward | Building contractor. |
| Abigail | Whitshank | Red's wife. Aka: Abby Dalton, Abby. |
| Carla | Whitshank | Denny's wife. |
| Dennis | Whitshank | Red and Abby's son. Aka: Denny. |
| Jurvis Roy | Whitshank | Red's father. Aka: Junior, Junie. |
| Redcliffe | Whitshank | Junior's son. Aka: Red. |
| Dr. | Wiss | Gerontologist. |
| Helen | Wylie | Whitshanks's real-estate friend. |
| Alexander | | Jeannie's son. |
| Alison | | Denny new girlfriend. Aka: Allie. |
| Amanda | | Red and Abby's elsest daughter. Aka: Mandy. |
| Atta | | One of Abby's orphans. |
| Bertha | | Owner of a diner. |
| Bill | | Louisa's husband. |
| Brandon | | One of Linnie Mae's brother. |
| Brenda | | Whitshanks's new dog. |
| Cary | | One of Junior's workmen. |
| Clarence | | Abby's dog. |
| Clifford | | One of Linnie Mae's brother. |
| Cora Lee | | Junior and Linnie Mae's new landlady. |
| Darcy | | Amanda's Hugh's cousin. |
| Deb | | Jeannie's daughter. |
| Earl | | One of Junior's workmen. |
| Eugene | | Junior's best painter. |
| Freddy | | Martha's brother. |
| George | | Dane's cousin. |
| Guy | | Louise's husband. |
| Heidi | | Stem and Nora's dog. |
| Hugh | | Jeannie's husband. Aka: Jeannie's Hugh. |
| Jean Ann | | Red and Abby's daughter. Aka: Jeannie. |
| Jeeter | | Ree's tabby cat. |
| Jimmy | | Junior's brother. |
| Landis | | One of Junior's workmen. |
| Louise | | Linnie Mae's aunt. |
| Luis | | One of Jeannie's Hugh's co-workers. |
| Mary | | Martha's twin sister. |
| Merrick | | Junior's daughter. Aka: Bean, Mare. |
| Miguel | | One of Jeannie's Hugh's co-workers. |
| Mitch | | One of Junior's workmen. |
| Nora | | Stem's wife. |
| Patricia | | Amanda's friend. |
| Petey | | Stem's oldest son. |
| Raymond | | Junior's brother-in-law. |
| Ruth | | Abby's old friend. |
| Sammy | | Stem's youngest son. |
| Sandy | | A hurricane. |
| Susan | | Denny's daughter. |
| Tommy | | Stem's son. |
