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. |