| Pro | Lily Melissa | Owens | A girl who accidentally believes she killed her own mother. |
| | Rosaleen | Daise | T.Ray's black servant. Lily's only friend. Aka: Rosaleen Smith. |
| 1 | Terrence Ray | Owens | Lily's father. |
| | | | Martha Whites - T.Ray's punishment for Lily. |
| | Miss | Jennings | Lily's acquaitance at the church. A blind woman. |
| | Sophia | Loren | A film actress. |
| | Bitsy | Johnson | A young pregnant girl. Lily's neighbor. |
| | Deborah | F. Owens | Lily's mother. Deceased. |
| | Mrs. Janie | Watson | Lily's neigbor. |
| | Mrs. | Henry | Lily's teacher. |
| | Lyndon | Johnson | The U.S. President. |
| | Mr. | Khrushchev | A premier of Soviet Union. |
| | Lady | Bird | President Johnson's wife. |
| | Martin Luther | King Jr. | The minister from Alabama. |
| | Mr. | Bussey | One of the Town's deacons. |
| | Brother | Gerald | Ebenezer's baptist church's minister. |
| 2 | Mr. Avery | Gaston | A policeman from Esso station. |
| | Franklin | Posey | A white-racist in Sylvan that sends Rosaleen to jail. |
| 3 | Sherman | | The general. |
| | Rose | Campbell | Lily's grandmother. |
| | August | Boatwright | A woman who keeps bees all over the country. |
| 4 | June | Boatwright | August's sister. A beekeeper. |
| | May | Boatwright | August's sister. A beekeeper. |
| | Zachary | L. Taylor | August's main helper. August's godson. |
| | Aunt | Bernie | Lily's aunt. |
| | Walter | Cronkite | An American broadcaster. |
| | Mr. | Raines | A negroman who was killed by a shotgun in a passing car. |
| | Beatrix | | A runaway nun. |
| | Mary | | A girl Beatrix loves. |
| | April | Boatwright | May's twin. August and June's sister. |
| 6 | Neil | | June's lover. The principal at June's former school. |
| | | | Daughters of Mary - A church group that August had organized. |
| | Queenie | | A member of Daughters of Mary. |
| | Violet | | Queenie's daughter. |
| | Lunelle | | A hat maker. Member of Daughters of Mary. |
| | Mabelee | | A member of Daughters of Mary. |
| | Cressie | | A member of Daughters of Mary. |
| | Otis | Hill | The only male member of Daughters of Mary. |
| | Sugar | Girl | Otis's wife. |
| | Obadiah | | A slave. The protagonist in August's story. |
| | Pearl | | The oldest of the slaves. |
| | President | Kennedy | The new U.S. President. |
| 7 | Mr. Clayton | Forrest | Kept the black Madonna honey. A lawyer. |
| | Willifred | Marchant | A world famous writer from South Carolina. |
| 8 | Jack | Palance | A movie star. |
| | Miss | Lacy | Mr. Clayton's secretary. |
| 9 | Judge | Monroe | The tiburon's judge. |
| | Eddie | Hazelwurst | A prison guard in Tiburon. |
| 10 | Esther | Lamar | A member of Daughters of Mary. Deceased. |
| | Aristaeus | | The first keeper of bees. |
| | Melvin | Edwards | June's former fiance who backed out of their wedding. |
| 12 | Mr. | Grady | A man who tells Lily where August lives. |
| | Tica | Tee | Deborah's imaginary friend. |
| | Sarah | Fontanel | Deborah's mother. Lily's grandmother. |
| 14 | Snout | | T.Ray's dog. |
| | Becca | Forrest | Clayton's daughter. |
