Characters of Noon, Mississippi

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The following list of recurring characters is intended to help our readers (and us) keep the major characters of Noon straight. See our blog for details about some of these characters.

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Polly O’Brien McClanahan, matriarch and widow of (Judge) John O’Neal McClanahan. Miss Polly’s children (eldest first) and marital status, current as of Noon Elders:

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• Claire Ellen McClanahan, married to Hugh Swenson (2 children)

• Matthew Scott McClanahan, single

• Mark O’Brien McClanahan, married to Tiffany McClanahan (2 children)

• Maryanne Woodson, married to Woody Woodson (6 children)

• Rose McClanahan-Cruz, married to Hector Cruz (3 children)

• Adele (Addie) McClanahan, married to Buster Meyers

• Luke McClanahan, married to Rachael Jacobs (for the 2nd time)

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Annie Mae Solomon – Mother of Eldon and Ardon and clerk at Jenkins Drug

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Cornell Washington – Deputy Sheriff

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Denise Jenkins – Pharmacist and owner of Jenkins Drug, married to Devon

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Devon Jenkins – Owner of Jenkins Drug, married to Denise

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Eldon and Ardon Solomon – Twins, owners of Solomon’s Lumber and Hardware

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Freddy Wayne Blalock – Sheriff of St Pierre County

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Harold Peeples – President of Peoples Bank

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Herman Schlossman – Farmer and State Legislator

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LaShawndra Kelly – Deputy Sheriff

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Patricia Oliari – Religious sister, Director of St Boniface Home for Children

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Percy Higgenbotham – elderly eccentric with unusual powers of observation

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Rodney Lee Jones – Welder extraordinaire, married to Stella

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Sueann Meyers – Owner of The Coffee Shop and Buster’s mother

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Talmadge Stone – Sheriffs Deputy

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Toxie Brewster – Co-owner (with Addie McClanahan) of Nob’s Farm Store

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Small towns like Noon provide a rich web of relationships among its citizens. Large families produce lots of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Long lives lead to many great grandparents/grandchildren. Stable residency generates relationships among second, third, and fourth cousins plus the inevitable “once-removed” and similar distinctions that only a afficionado understands. You’ll encounter many such relationships in our stories.