Mrs. Nunnery

Character Key Number: 
3263
Display Name: 
Mrs. Nunnery
Sort Name: 
Nunnery, Mrs.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Mrs. Nunnery is the mother in The Town who enlists Eck Snopes' help when her son Cedric goes missing. She is so frantic that she doesn't even hear the explosion in which Eck blows himself up during the search; "finally they made her sit down and somebody gave her a drink of whiskey and she quit screaming" (115).

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