Then, when he was in high school, his beautiful mother died, far too young, of cancer. (After that, the town - in those days before Political Correctness and Sensitivity - knew him as "Stump.") That did not, however, prevent him from becoming a one-armed quarterback, leading his high school team to a state championship. At the age of 6, he lost his left arm in a railroad accident. His was an idyllic, happy childhood with a few bumps. Little Buddy was adopted by the extended Threadgoode family and grew up around the Whistle Stop Cafe, which his mom and "Aunt Idgie" ran. As they say in the South, he needed killin')
(Of Buddy's no-account father the less said the better.
As "Fried Green Tomatoes" fans will recall, Ruth and baby Buddy fled her abusive husband and found refuge with her very, very good "friend" Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode. The "Wonder Boy" of the title is Buddy Threadgoode Jr., the son of Ruth Jamison.
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