Sarah Edmonds Priest
Character Key Number:
153
Display Name:
Sarah Edmonds Priest
Sort Name:
Priest, Sarah Edmonds
Parent Character Key:
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Lucius' paternal Grandmother in The Reivers is an Edmonds by birth, which accounts for the fact that the Priests belong to the "cadet branch" of the McCaslin-Edmonds family (17). Married at fifteen, she is now "just past fifty" (41). While afraid at first of the family's new car, she soon learns to enjoy riding in it - until the first (and last) time the wind blows her husband's expectorated tobacco juice into her face.