Wilbur Provine

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2019-12-17 15:35
Character Key Number: 
1365
Display Name: 
Wilbur Provine
Sort Name: 
Provine, Wilbur
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

According to Ratliff in The Town, Wilbur Provine "was really a Snopes" - which is another way of casting aspersions on his character. Provine runs "a still in the creek bottom by a spring about a mile and a half from his house" (177). The judge at his trial for moonshining gives him a five-year sentence for making whiskey - and for making his wife walk so far to fetch water for their home.