Rufus Compson

Rufus Compson
Gender	Male
Animal	Rabbit
Hair color	Orange
Residence	Compson family's house, Elwood City formerly: Compson family's house, Louisiana
Family	*Cisely Compson (wife) Gussie Compson (older son) Madison Compson (older daughter) Ladonna Compson (younger daughter) Bud Compson (younger son) Lena (possibly grandmother) Bo (sister or sister-in-law) Whitney (brother or brother-in-law) Mable (sister or sister-in-law) Silas (brother or brother-in-law)
Job	Army Corps of Engineers
Cartoon debut	"Show Off"

Captain Rufus Tucker Compson is the husband of Cisely Compson, and is the father of Gussie, Madison, Ladonna and Bud. According to Ladonna, her father met her mother when he bought back her trumpet, which she had to sell because she was broke.

Rufus is a member of the Army Corps of Engineers. As such, he is often away from home for extended periods of time, which his children at times have a hard time dealing with. Despite this, he cares deeply for his children and tries to make time for them if at all possible.

Ladonna and her family waving Goodbye

Appearances

• 1601. Based on a True Story (mentioned)
• 1701a. Show Off (cameo)
• 1702a. Adventures in Budylon (mentioned)
• 1807b. Messy Dress Mess (cameo)
• 1810. Shelter from the Storm
• 2103a. Francine and the Soccer Spy ^(minor)
• 2106a. The Lost Dinosaur ^(minor)