Treelore Clark

Treelore Clark was the 24-year-old son of Aibileen. He was killed while working at a lumber mill.

Not much is known about Treelore except that his mother was busy working when he was growing up and that he did not see her often because of it. Aibileen and Treelore always talked about how he or she may become a writer someday.

When Treelore was 24, he fell carrying two by fours at the lumber mill he worked at. A white foreman ran his truck over him and crushed his lung. The foreman put him on the back of his truck and drove him to a colored hospital and left him there. The hospital unfortunately could not do anything to save him so Aibileen brought her son back to her home where he died in front of her.

Aibileen has his graduation picture on her kitchen wall.