Father of Lon, Uncle Ben Quick is a "hale burly old man" (92) who raises goats on his farm in Frenchman's Bend.
This doctor operates upon V.K. Ratliff, cutting the "right thing out whether by accident or design" (80).
This man serves customers "at the counter of a small side-street restaurant" in Jefferson (74).
While eating lunch in Jefferson, Ratliff tells these "three or four listeners" (75) about the operation he underwent in a Memphis hospital.