Sis Beulah Clay

Character Key Number: 
1632
Display Name: 
Sis Beulah Clay
Sort Name: 
Clay, Sis Beulah
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Frony mentions "Sis Beulah Clay" to Caddy and her brothers in The Sound and the Fury when she tries to explain what a "funeral" is (33). When Sis Beulah Clay died, "they moaned two days" (33). "Sis" implies this woman belonged to the same church as Dilsey's family.