Who is Emil Bumpus from Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and what is their importance?

Emil Bumpus, Appears in The Grandstand Passion Play of Delbert and the Bumpus Hounds - Emil is the patriarch of the Bumpus clan who moves next door to the Shepherd family. He is some kind of headman, very tall, big man, chews, and an original red neck. Most people originally thought he wore a red bandana, but that is the actual color of his neck. He has huge hands that are made for hitting things. He was once accosted at the Blue Bird Tavern, but did not actually realize he had been hit over the head with his own jug, his head is that hard. He imbibes in a regular basis, both at the Blue Bird Tavern and of his own homemade brew; one time becoming so inebriated that he thinks that his back porch is talking back to him. In response, Emil tears the porch off the house and the house is porchless from this point forward. He has a strangely affectionate way of greeting his daughter Cassie who comes home from the reformatory.