Uncle Billy Varner
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Uncle Billy Varner
Sort Name:
Varner, Uncle Billy
AKA:
Will Varner
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Professional
Specific Job:
Veterinarian
First Mentioned:
Real?:
No
Other Texts:
Biography:
In the Yoknapatawpha stories as a group, Uncle Billy Varner appears as the biggest land and business owner in Frenchman's Bend. In this story, he appears as a veterinarian who is summoned, along with his "horse-doctoring grip," or bag, to set Henry Armstid's broken leg (177). He is also Flem Snopes father-in-law: when he finds out that Eula, his daughter, is pregnant, he arranges for Flem and Eula to marry. (He appears or is mentioned in 9 Yoknapatawpha fictions, in 2 of them as "Uncle Billy," and in 7 as "Will.")
Individual or Group:
Individual
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