Mrs. Buddy McCallum

Character Key Number: 
203
Display Name: 
Mrs. Buddy McCallum
Sort Name: 
McCallum, Mrs. Buddy
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Buddy McCallum's dead wife in "The Tall Men" - the mother of the twins Lucius and Anse - is only mentioned briefly, in connection with her absence from the McCallum family graveyard where the story ends. Like Addie Bundren in As I Lay Dying, she "wanted to be buried with her folks" (60). According to Gombault, "she would have been right lonesome up here with just McCallums" (60).

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