Father Flynn’s sister. Nannie and her sister, Eliza, both took care of Father Flynn in his old age. Nannie goes to greet the narrator and his family when they arrive at Father Flynn’s wake, and the narrator notices that her skirt is clumsily tied in the back, which distracts him from praying. This moment suggests that the narrator is unable to use religious ritual to deal with or overcome the ugliness of death. Presumably exhausted from having to care for the old man and deal with the logistics of his death, Nannie falls asleep soon after everyone sits down to talk after the wake.