| James | Abbott | Annie's grandson. |
| Morgan | Abbott | Sarah's husband. |
| Sarah | Abbott | Annie and Edwin's daughter. |
| Edwin | Alistair-Coles | Annie's husband. A businessman. |
| Harlan | Barker | The boy Lily is dating. |
| Esther Marie | Bootles | Retta's daughter. Deceased. |
| Sally | Bootles | Retta's mother. |
| Willie | Bootles | Retta's brother. |
| Lillian | Caison | Gertrude and Berns's mother. |
| Marie | Caison | Berns's wife. |
| Berns | Caison III | Gertrude's brother. |
| Gertrude | Caison-Pardee | A battered wife. Alvin's wife. |
| Amelia | Childress | The Coles's neighbor. |
| Annie | Coles | Gertrude's neighbor and employer. |
| Eddie | Coles | Annie and Edwin's son. |
| Lonnie | Coles | Annie's son. |
| Dot | Garrett | One of Retta's neighbors. |
| Mr. | Laing | The proprietor at the mercantile. |
| Otis | McEntyre | A train ticket master. |
| Clelia | McGowan | Molly's employer. |
| Belizant | Moorer | Clelia's colleague. An alderwoman. |
| Fitzgerald | Osteen | Molly's husband. |
| Molly | Osteen | Edwin and Annie's daughter. |
| Alma | Pardee | One of Gertrude's daughters. |
| Alvin | Pardee | Gertrude's alcoholic husband. |
| Edna | Pardee | Gertrude's eldest daughter. |
| Lily Louise | Pardee | Gertrude's 2nd daughter. |
| Mary | Pardee | One of Gertrude's daughters. |
| Otto | Pardee | Alvin's father. Gertrude's father-in-law. |
| Black | Retta | The Coles's maid. |
| John | Southard | The Coles's doctor. |
| President | Taft | The current President. |
| Dorothy | Walker | The Coles's seamstress. Deceased. |
| Adoette | | Nelly's mother. |
| Bobo | | Retta's church mate. |
| Buck | | Edwin and Annie's dead son. |
| Emily Ann | | Sarah's daughter. |
| Ernie | | The Mayor. |
| Florida | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| Georgie | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| Jackie | | Annie's mailman. |
| Kentucky | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| Lizzie | | The Governor's wife. |
| Mabel | | Mrs. Walker's companion. |
| Memburi | | Nelly's daughter. |
| Mirabelle | | Annie's friend. |
| Myrtis | | Retta's church mate. |
| Nelly | | Retta's companion. An Indian girl. |
| Odell | | Retta's husband. |
| Pete | | The man who works in a tobacco company. |
| Roy | | Odell's friend. |
| Selma | | Oretta's acquaintance. |
| Sue Ann | | Roy's wife. |
| Sugar | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| Tom | | The Governor. |
| Vernon | | Odell's friend. |
| Willa | | Molly's daughter. Annie's granddaughter. |
