| Sister |
Baxter | One of Maggie's old neighbors |
| Mrs. |
Blake | Maggie's client |
| Mavis |
Brewster | Person who gave Maggie a hard time in school |
| Mason |
Burris | Old man who lives across the street |
| Daisy |
Compton | Claude's old girlfriend |
| Sister |
Compton | Daisy's mother |
| Fern |
Dowler | Maggie's new employer |
| Buford |
Dowler | Mrs. Dowler's son |
| Billy Jim |
Dowler | Mrs. Dowler's husband |
| Hammond |
Dowler | Mrs. Dowler's eldest son |
| Mrs. |
Finley | Maggie's new client |
| Maggie |
Franklin | Protagonist. Aka: Louise |
| Jasper |
Franklin | Maggie's father, alcoholic |
| Jeannette |
Franklin | Maggie's mother, prostitute |
| Maybelle |
Gardner | Claude's new girlfriend |
| Sister |
Goode | Old lady in Maggie's neighborhood |
| Maizie |
Hancock | Buford's ex-wife |
| Mrs. |
Kesler | One of Jeannette's customers |
| Maxine |
King | Clarice's friend. Aka: Sister King |
| Mrs. |
Lockwood | Jeannette's customer |
| Tyrone |
McElroy | Undertaker |
| Annie |
Pearl | Mrs. Dowler's mother |
| Hazel Lou |
Richardson | Claude's ex-girlfriend |
| Theodore |
Roosevelt | Current U.S. President |
| Eleanor |
Roosevelt | President Roosevelt's wife |
| Mr. |
Royster | Best friend of Maggie's father |
| Rufus |
Stone | One of the boys Maggie met |
| Moline |
Thomas | Maggie's next-door neighbor |
| Jessie Lou |
Tucker | Popular woman who befriended Maggie |
| Orville |
Tucker | Jessie's husband |
| Earl |
Tucker | Jessie and Orville's son |
| Daisy |
Wallace | The only bootlegger in town |
| Randolph |
Webb | Maggie's baby daddy |
| Jerome |
West | Gravedigger |
| Hubert |
Wiggins | Maggie's husband |
| Leroy |
Wiggins | The reverend, Hubert's father |
| Clarice |
Wiggins | Hubert's mother |
| Roscoe |
Wiggins | Undertaker, Hubert's uncle |
| Claude |
| Maggie and Randolph's son |
| Daryl |
| Hubert's boyfriend |
| Hawthorne |
| A deacon, new member of the church |
| James |
| Hubert's boyfriend |
| Mona Lisa |
| The midwife |
| Oswald |
| Mrs. Dowler's brother |
| Richard |
| Oswald's only son, deceased |
| Scotty |
| The boy Maggie hooked up with |
