Uncle Noon Gatewood
Character Key Number:
3251
Display Name:
Uncle Noon Gatewood
Sort Name:
Gatewood, Uncle Noon
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Although the soubriquet applied to Uncle Noon Gatewood in The Town labels him according to the demeaning conventions of Jim Crow culture, he is one of the few Negro businessmen who appear in the fictions. He is the "big and yellow" owner of a "blacksmith shop on the edge of town" (68).