The meaneat old lady in Jem and Scout's opinion lived just up the street from them.  She hollared and yelled at them every  time they passed.  She called Scout ugly and not a good girl, and Jem wasa not a gentleman.  She even said horrible things about their father to them.  She was really old and sick, but because she was so mean the kids didn't think so.  Jem distroyed all of her flowers to get back for what she said about his dad being a nigger-lover.