Mrs. Beard

Character Key Number: 
437
Display Name: 
Mrs. Beard
Sort Name: 
Beard, Mrs.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In Flags in the Dust she manages the boarding house where Byron Snopes stays, until he moves in order to escape the persistence of her son Virgil. In Light in August, it is another Byron who lives in her hotel - Bryon Bunch.