| 1 | | | Columbia County, Arkansas, 1956 |
| | John | Moses | Willadee's father. |
| | Willadee | Moses | Samuel Lake's wife. |
| | Samuel | Lake | A preacher. aka: Sam. |
| | Noble | | Willadee's eldest son. |
| | Bienville | | Willadee's youngest son. |
| | Swan | Lake | Willadee's daughter. |
| | Calvin | Furlough | Had a successful paint and body shop business. |
| | Walter | | John Moses' youngest son. |
| | Nate | Ramsey | John Moses' customer. |
| | Shirley | | Nate's wife. |
| 2 | Hank | Williams | American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer. |
| 3 | Calla | | John Moses' wife. |
| | Toy Ephraim | | One of John and Calla's sons. |
| | Sid | | One of John and Calla's sons. |
| | Alvis | | One of John and Calla's sons. |
| | Nicey | | Sid's wife. |
| | Eudora | | Alvis' wife. |
| | Bernice | | Toy's wife. |
| 4 | Ernest | Simmons | A funeral director. |
| | Lovey | | Sid and Nicey's child. |
| | Yam | Ferguson | Toy's neighbor. |
| | Ras | Ballenger | Toy's acquaintance. |
| 5 | Geraldine | Ballenger | Ras' wife. |
| 8 | Blade | Ballenger | Ras' son. |
| 10 | Odell | Pritchett | Ras' acquaintance. |
| | Snowman | | Odell's horse. |
| | Homer | Nations | A priest. |
| 13 | Van | | Bernice's brother. |
| | Lindale | Shroud | Ran the Eternal Rock Monument Company. |
| 14 | Birdie | Birdwell | Daughter of T. H. Birdwell. |
| | T. H. | Birdwell | A Nurse Practitioner Specialist. |
| | Frank | | Birdie's next-door neighbor. |
| 15 | Sandy | | Odell's daughter. |
| | Blue | | Blade's little brother. |
| 16 | Bootsie | Phillips | A logger. |
| 17 | Early | Meeks | A sheriff. |
| | Joe Bill | Rader | Toy's acquaintance. |
| | Omega | | Joe Bill's wife. |
| | Almarie | | Omega's sister. |
| | Patsy | | Early Meeks' wife. |
| | James E. | Graves Jr. | American judge. |
| | Bud | Jenkins | Meeks' acquaintance. |
| 20 | Abraham | Lincoln | 16th president of the United States. |
| 21 | Jack | Woodard | A constable. |
| 24 | Bobby | Spikes | One of Meeks' deputies. |
| | Dutch | Hollensworth | One of Meeks' deputies. |
| | Lady | | A horse. |
| 26 | Hoot | Dyson | An old codger. |
| 29 | Carl | Ledbetter | Owner of a 60 acres of land. |
| | Irma | | Carl Ledbetter's wife. |
| 30 | Millard | Hempstead | A hunter. |
| | Scotty | Dumas | Millard's buddy. |
| | Joy | Beekman | Moses' acquaintance. |
| | Phyllis | | Millard Hempstead's wife. |
| 31 | Doc | Birsmark | Toy's physician. |
| 35 | Lawrence | | A medic. |
| | Ronnie | | Joe Bill Rader's brother. |
| | Hobart | Snell | Willadee's acquaintance. |
| 36 | Donna | | Calvin Furlough's wife. |
| | Isadora | Priest | An art teacher. |
| 40 | Lavern | Little | The district attorney. |
| 41 | D. E. | Schuler | Bernice's live-in-partner. |
| | Bruce | Hendricks | Samuel Lake's district superintendent. |
