| Miss | Anglin | Seventh grade school teacher. |
| Spiros | Antonapoulus | Greek. Deaf-mute. Works at his cousin's fruit store. |
| Jake | Blount | Frequent customer of the New York Café. |
| Alice | Brannon | Biff's wife. |
| Bartholomew | Brannon | Proprietor of the New York Café. aka Biff. |
| Delores | Brown | Student at the Vocational School. |
| Miss | Brown | One of the boarders of the Kellys. |
| Miss | Clara | Acquaintance of Jake when he was younger. |
| Benedict Mady | Copeland | Doctor. Portia's father. |
| Daisy | Copeland | Dr. Copeland's wife. Deceased. |
| Hamilton | Copeland | Portia's brother. |
| Karl Marx | Copeland | Dr. Copeland's second son. aka Buddy. |
| William | Copeland | Works at the New York Café. aka Willie. |
| Dan | Davis | Lancy's father. |
| Lancy | Davis | High school student. |
| Lucy | Davis | Lancy's mother. |
| John | Hamlin | Works at the Central Mill City. |
| Maggie | Henry | Student at the Vacationsl School. |
| Mr. | Jackson | One of the boarders of the Kellys. |
| Buster | Johnston | Acquaintance of Willie. Incarcerated. |
| Love | Jones | Raymond's sister. |
| Raymond | Jones | Has a horseshoe place in his backyard. |
| Bill | Kelly | Mick's older brother. |
| Etta | Kelly | Mick's older sister. |
| George | Kelly | Mick's younger brother. aka Bubber. |
| Hazel | Kelly | Mick's older sister. |
| Mick | Kelly | Fourth child in a family of six. |
| Mrs. | Kelly | Mick's mother. |
| Ralph | Kelly | Mick's youngest brother. |
| Wilbur | Kelly | Mick's father. |
| Augustus B. M. | Lewis | Benedict's patient. Deaf. |
| B. F. | Mason | A con-artist. |
| Jimmy | Mason | Involved in the incident at the Sunny Dixie Show. |
| Miss | Minner | Mick's English teacher. |
| Harry | Minowitz | Next door neighbor of the Kellys. |
| Mrs. | Minowitz | Harry's mother. |
| Marshall | Nicolls | Pharmacist. Dr. Copeland's friend. |
| Charles | Parker | Spiros' cousin. |
| Clark | Patterson | Proprietor of the Sunny Dixie Show. |
| Alva | Richards | Student at the Vacationsl School. |
| John | Roberts | Postman. Dr. Copeland's friend. |
| John | Singer | Deaf-mute. Spiros' friend. Works as a silverware engraver. |
| Mrs. | Wells | Neighbor of the Kellys. Mother of Sucker. |
| Pete | Wells | Neighbor of the Kellys. |
| Sucker | Wells | Neighbor of the Kellys. |
| Dary | White | 15 years old. Incarcerated. |
| Baby | Wilson | Biff's niece. Neighbor of the Kellys. |
| Leroy | Wilson | Baby's father. |
| Lucile | Wilson | Biff's sister-in-law. Alice's sister. Baby's mother. |
| Mr. | Wilson | Deputy Sheriff at Superior Court. |
| Various | Wilson | Involved in the incident at the Sunny Dixie Show. |
| Buck | | Former classmate of Mick. |
| Carl | | Acquaintance of John and Spiros. |
| Celeste | | Sixth grade classmate of Mick. |
| Celia | | Relative of Portia and Willie. |
| Grandpapa | | Portia's maternal grandfather. |
| Highboy | | Portia's husband. |
| Jim | | Relative of Portia and Willie. |
| Junebug | | Had a fight with Willie because of Love Jones. |
| Louis | | Works at the New York Café. |
| Lurie | | Customer of the Sunny Dixie Show. |
| Mary | | Student at the Vocational School. |
| Portia | | Servant of the Kellys. |
| Sara | | Relative of Portia and Willie. |
| Simms | | Sidewalk preacher. |
| Spareribs | | Neighbor of the Kellys. |
| Whitman | | Relative of Portia and Willie. |
