Old Maid Snopes
Character Key Number:
302
Display Name:
Old Maid Snopes
Sort Name:
Snopes, Old Maid
Parent Character Key:
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
This particular Snopes is identified in The Town only as the "old maid daughter" of the man (either Flem's father Ab or Flem's unnamed uncle) who lives in a house just close enough to Jefferson to see the town clock (136). Also in the household are two of I.O. Snopes' children, but her relationship to them is not defined at all. She may be Flem's sister, but more likely is another of Flem's many cousins.