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Denver Moore

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a homeless man who grew up on multiple plantations throughout his rough childhood and has suffered much loss, but whose life is put back on the right track after Deborah and Ron befriend him; ends up becoming very close to God; prays constantly for Deborah's health during her illness and makes sure Ron doesn't drift away from God

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Ron Hall

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a wealthy art dealer whose life is changed after his wife convinces him to unwillingly work at the Union Gospel Mission, where he over time befriends Denver and his view on the homeless is changed; his wife Deborah falls ill, and he becomes upset with God, but Denver makes sure he doesn't lose faith; he and Denver form a strong mutual bond that they both grow significantly from in wisdom and faith

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Deborah Hall

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Ron's wife who had a heart for the homeless and was the one who caused she and Ron to work at the Union Gospel Mission because she felt God was calling them there; the person who helped Denver become friendly again and initiated Denver and Ron's friendship; ended up dying of colon cancer after a long, hard battle; she and Ron meet at college as friends but fell in love over the years

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Regan

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Ron and Deborah's daughter who at first dressed sharply but rejected anything posh as she got older and wanted to do missions work when she was older; eventually was offered to be a chef at a youth Christian camp in Colorado, which she gladly accepted despite her job at her dad's gallery paying twice as much with half the hours

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Carson

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Ron and Deborah's son who was always a good Christian "model child" and was a light-weight wrestler as a kid; helps Ron with his art business when he grows up

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Big Mama

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Denver's large, kind-hearted grandmother who was in-charge of the household; raised Denver along with Paw Paw when he was a young child; died in a house fire when Denver was only 5 or 6 (ch 3)

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Paw Paw

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Denver's small, talkative grandfather who he lived with as a young child, along with Big Mama (Ch 3)

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Chook

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Denver's cousin who lived with him and his grandparents when he was young, died in the house fire after refusing to leave Big Mama (Ch 3)

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Thurman

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Denver's big brother who lived with Denver and his grandparents when Denver was young; survived the house fire along with Denver; may have gone to live with some of his father's friends after Uncle James's death (Ch 3)

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Hershalee

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Denver's big sister who didn't live with Denver and his grandparents when he was younger because she was old enough to move out; who Denver lived with on a new plantation after Uncle James died and Aunt Etha left the plantation (Ch 3, Ch 10); died in 2000 a few months before Deborah

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Earl

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Ron's father who at first was nice but then became an alcoholic for the majority of Ron's childhood (Ch 4)

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Tommye

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Ron's mother, who he says was a good, caring mother (Ch 4)

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Buddy, Elvice, Vida May

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Ron's mom's 3 sibilings (Ch 4)

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Granddaddy (Jack Brooks)

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Ron's grandfather, who owned the poor farm the family picked cotton from; who John and Ron went to visit in the summer to escape their father; a hardworking, decent man who challenged his grandsons so they would become men; hired colored folks to work for him but treated them fairer than most, was respected by the black community (Ch 4)

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Maw Maw

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Ron's grandmother, who lived with his grandfather on the cotton farm; grew peaches and helped around on the farm (Ch 4)

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John

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Ron's brother, who went with him to his grandparents farm each summer (Ch 4)

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Kildee

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a black shoeshiner in Ron's town who was loved by the townspeople despite being black; the only black person buried in the town's cemetery (Ch 4)

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BB

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Denver's father, who Denver and Thurman lived with after Big Mama died in the house fire; a relatively rich man who often had affairs with married women despite being Christian; killed a few weeks after adopting Denver and Thurman (Ch 5)

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Uncle James

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Denver's uncle who adopted him along with his aunt after BB died, who was a sharecropper; worked hard and was very outspoken, no one messed with him (even his owner), later moved to a new plantation; died when Denver was about 13 or 14 (Ch 5)

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Aunt Etha

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Denver's aunt and Uncle James's wife; worked with James most of the time apart from when she needed to cook for the family; good at providing proper medicine and remedies for the ill; moved away without Denver or Thurman after Uncle James's death (Ch 5)

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Auntie

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Big Mama's big sister who lived on the plantation Uncle James later moved to with his family (Ch 5); a very spiritual woman who sometimes performed unexplainable acts (Ch 64)

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Scoot Cheney

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Ron's friend in college (Ch 6)

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Karen

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Ron's first date in college; they went to a football game, avoided Ron because of his awful outfit (Ch 6)

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Jill

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Scoot Cheney's date in college to the football game who pointed out Ron's awful outfit (Ch 6)

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Bobby

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the slave owner's nephew at the second plantation Denver lived at with Uncle James who befriended Denver even though he wasn't supposed to, but was still allowed to hang out with him after the adults found out; saved Denver along with his aunt when he was harassed by 3 white boys (opening scene and Ch 10) (Ch 7 and 10)

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Eustis Brown

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the preacher at the New Glory of Zion Baptist Church that Denver attended when he was with Uncle James at the second plantation they worked together at; often preached about lust, as he often saw lustful actions at the plantation; baptized Denver (Ch 9)

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Frank

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Deborah's constant on-and-off boyfriend in college who was a Delta Tau Delta (a fraternity) hunk; Deborah would go to Ron for comfort whenever they'd break up (Ch 11)

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Snookems (Mr. Goldberg)

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the customer who was Ron's first "big break" as an art dealer, who offered to buy a painting from Ron for $40,000 that he'd originally gotten for $28,000; got the money to Ron at the last minute because he was busy in Hawaii, and called Ron "Poopsie" instead of Mr. Hall (Ch 11)

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Dan and Pat McCoy

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the TCU-alumni couple who lead a Bible study that they invited Ron and Deborah to; the study ultimately lead Ron and Deborah to Christ (Ch 12)

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Kirby Coleman

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a man at the Bible study lead by Dan and Pat McCoy who often asked challenging questions and often got into arguments with Deborah about her faith (Ch 12)

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Michael Altman

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Ron's art-dealing partner to this day who he developed a strong relationship with early on (Ch 14); who Ron and Deborah were having dinner with when Deborah suddenly was in a lot of pain and had to leave (Ch 42); was Jewish until he felt God's presence with him when he saw Deborah for the last time before she died, was moved to tears and fell to his knees (Ch 50)

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Don Shisler

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the manager of the Union Gospel Mission (Ch 17, Ch 18)

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Pam Shisler

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Don Shisler's wife and the volunteer coordinator at the Union Mission House (Ch 18)

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Chef Jim

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the chef at the Union Mission House who was very friendly and talked a lots about God and the people he met at the mission house, had a hard life after his son died and wife went insane (Ch 18)

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Brother Bill

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the pastor at the Union Mission House who was nearly blind and often preached intense sermons; the homeless people who came had to listen to him preach before they got a meal (Ch 18)

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Mister

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a homeless man at the Union Mission House who came up to Ron while he was serving food and told him harshly how his life could go wrong and he could suddenly become homeless, then angrily walked away, which caused Ron to think (Ch 18)

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Mrs. Tuesday (Ron was also called "Mr. Tuesday" later on)

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the homeless people at the Union Mission Center's nickname for Deborah

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Tim Taylor

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Ron and Deborah's friend who organized a concert outreach at a bar that he invited the people at the Union Gospel Mission to attend (Ch 20)

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Mary Ellen (Davenport)

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Deborah's friend who was there for her through thick and thin, and often helped her at the Union Gospel Mission and was with her during her battle with cancer up until her death; met her during a party; a bold Christian woman

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Sister Bettie (note: was not actually a nun)

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a very kind, spiritual older woman who lived at the Union Gospel Mission; sold all of her possessions apart from a small car after she was widowed and devoted her life to serving those in need; often went to the homeless in shady places and gave them food and other necessities, no one messed with her; close friends with Deborah, who sometimes helped her

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Roy Gene, Pame Evans

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2 of Deborah and Ron's friends who stayed with the two of them at the Rocky Top after Deborah's cancer diagnosis, who comforted them (Ch 31)

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John Truleson

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Ron and Deborah's friend who had previously died a painful death due to colon cancer (Ch 31)

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Alan Davenport

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Mary Ellen Davenport's husband who informed Ron and Deborah about cancer after her diagnosis, as he treated cancer patients (Ch 34); gave Denver his first car (forgot to put the chapter here whoopsie daisy)

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Dr. Robert Goldstein

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a world-renowned liver specialist who told them Deborah had a year to live at the most after examining her after her first surgery; did not believe in God (Ch 34)

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Rob and Holly Farrell

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the couple who hosted the annual Cowboy Spring Gathering, which Denver attended with Ron one year (Ch 40)

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Scott Walker

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the man who housed Deborah one day when she fell ill in church along with his wife; helped Denver take care of Ballantine occasionally (Ch 40)

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Janina Walker

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the woman who housed Deborah one day when she fell ill in church along with her husband; was also recovering from surgery at the time (Ch 40)

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Ballantine

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an mean, intimidating, elderly man who was abandoned by his family whom Denver helped even though he despised blacks and Christians; frightened Ron in his awful condition (Ch 40-41)

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Pastor Ken

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Deborah's pastor with whom she discussed her memorial service with when her health was deteriorating (Ch 43)

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Dr. Senter

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Deborah's first surgeon; broke the news to Ron when Deborah's prognosis was 3-4 days after she was rushed to the hospital, comforted him and acted like his friend rather than just a doctor (Ch 43)

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Jack

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Michael Altman's son who he gave a picture of to Deborah when he was dying and told to look over when she was in heaven (the picture was never seen again) (Ch 50)

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Daphene

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Deborah's twin sister, who was the one with Deborah when she died (Ch 51)

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John and Nancy Snyder

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the couple who donated a significant amount of money to the Union Mission Gospel and offered to help fundraise so they could build a new, better location, and also wished to name the new location's chapel the "Deborah Hall Memorial Chapel" (Ch 55)

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Gel Petta

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Ron's dentist friend who offered to give Denver false teeth for free (Ch 57)

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Aunt Pearlie May

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Denver's aunt who lives in a small, poor house that Denver and Ron visit after going to the plantation where Denver grew up (Ch 65)

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