Stuart Redman

Stuart Redman was an employee at the calculator plant of Arnette, Texas. He was one of the handful of survivors of the superflu known as "Captain Trips".

Early life
Stuart Redman was born to a dentist and his wife, the eldest of three children. Mr Redman died when Stu was seven years old, leaving Mrs Redman to care for her three children. She found work at the Red Ball Truck Stop, but that only provided enough money to keep them alive, and so Stu began working at the age of nine. He first worked at the Red Ball Truck Stop with his mother and then found employment in Braintree, lying about his age to get twenty hours of work for minimum wage.

When he started high school he began playing football, something that was encouraged by his mother despite the game cutting into his work hours. He managed to get an athletic scholarship, which he had to turn down at the last minute due to his mother's death.

Early adulthood
Following Mrs Redman's death, Stu began work at the calculator factory in order to support his younger brother, Bryce. In 1985, he got married, and his child was stillborn. The following year, his wife had died of cancer, leaving Stu alone, spending his days at the factory and his nights at Hapscomb's Texaco or the Indian Head Pub.