Deacon Rogers
Character Key Number:
1505
Display Name:
Deacon Rogers
Sort Name:
Rogers, Deacon
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Deacon Rogers owns the store and restaurant on the Square in Flags in the Dust and The Sound and the Fury. His physical description in the first novel is striking: "His head was like an inverted egg; his hair curled meticulously away from the part in the center into two careful reddish-brown wings, like a toupee, and his eyes were a melting passionate brown" (120). His demeanor is ingratiating. In the second novel, only his cafe is mentioned, not him.