Bellefleur, Caroline Holliday: After the death of her son and his wife, Caroline Holliday Bellefleur raises her two grandchildren, Andrew and Portia. Beset by shrinking finances, the Bellefleur family home, Belle Rive, has fallen into disrepair, and Caroline is extremely pleased by a legacy from an unknown relative that allows her to restore Belle Rive to its former glory. When she finally discovers, on her deathbed, that Bill Compton is her great-grandfather and arranged the bequest, she reacts with humor, grace, and gratitude.

Her last bequest is to leave the recipe of her famous chocolate cake to the town so the legacy of Caroline Holliday Bellefleur, once one of Renard Parish’s finest cooks, lives on in the kitchens and dining rooms of Bon Temps. (FDTW; dies DITF; mentioned LDID, CD, DTTW, DD, ATD, DR)

Bellefleur, Halleigh Robinson: When Andy asks Halleigh, a teacher at Betty Ford Elementary, to marry him, her one condition is that they not live at Belle Rive but instead find their own home. They do buy a small house, the old Wechsler place, but a pregnant Halleigh still helps care for her grandmother-in-law at Belle Rive in Caroline’s final days. Halleigh and Andy find that they are expecting a daughter and decide to name her Caroline Compton Bellefleur. (DAAD, DD, ATD, FDTW, DAG, DITF; mentioned DR, IIHAH)

Bellefleur, Terry: Terry Bellefleur, cousin of Andy and Portia, is a Vietnam veteran who paid dearly for doing his duty for his country. Held as a POW for two years, he is scarred both mentally and physically. Terry functions best in simple situations but doesn’t mind hard work, doing odd jobs around town such as tearing down Sookie’s kitchen when it burns, as well as standing in for Sam as bartender at Merlotte’s and cleaning the bar after hours to supplement his government pension.

Terry loves training and breeding his Catahoula hunting dogs, and when Sam turns into a collie during the Great Reveal, he takes it all in stride, certain that it is one of the reasons he has always gotten along so well with his bartending boss.

Terry is playing darts in Merlotte’s when Sandra Pelt enters to kill Sookie. Sam passes Terry the baseball bat from behind the bar. Terry knocks Sandra out but reacts horribly to the sight of blood. As Sookie comforts him, he tells her that “the shining one” and “that big blond one” told him to watch over her in exchange for ridding him of his nightmares and protecting his beloved dog. (DUD, LDID, DTTW, DAAD, L, FDTW, DAG, DITF, DR; mentioned CD, ATD, IIHAH)