| Adele Stackhouse | |
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| Basic Info | |
| Book(s): | 1 |
| First Seen | Dead Until Dark |
| Last Seen | Dead Until Dark |
| Appeared in: | |
| Mentioned in: | Living Dead in Dallas Club Dead Dead to the World Dead as a Doornail Definitely Dead From Dead to Worse Dead and Gone Dead in the Family Dead Reckoning |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Age: | 60s - 70s |
| Date of Birth: | |
| Date of Death: | |
| Also Known As: | Gran (by the Stackhouse siblings) Miss Stackhouse (by most of Bon Temps) |
| Origin: | Bon Temps, Louisiana |
| Profession: | Member of the "Descendants of the Glorious Dead" |
| Species: | Human (formerly) |
| Powers and Abilities: | Spirit/Ghostly powers |
| Family Members: | Fintan Brigant - Husband † Bartlett Hale - Brother † Corbett Stackhouse - Son † Michelle Stackhouse - Daughter-in-law † Linda Stackhouse - Daughter † Sookie Stackhouse - Granddaughter Jason Stackhouse - Grandson Hadley Delahoussaye - Granddaughter Hunter Savoy - Great-Grandson |
| Portrayed By | Lois Smith |
Adele Stackhouse (née Hale), commonly known as Gran, was Sookie and Jason's grandmother, and the oldest Stackhouse in Bon Temps, Louisiana, in "The Southern Vampire Mysteries".
History[]
Pre-Series[]
She raised Sookie and Jason after the death of their parents. When Sookie confides in her grandmother that Bartlett Hale (Adele's brother) has been molesting her, she bans her brother from visiting the house. Previously she had been told by her own daughter, Linda, that she had been touched but assumed it had been a lie.
Dead Until Dark[]
In Dead Until Dark, Adele is a member of the Descendants of the Glorious Dead, a group of people from Bon Temps whose family members were part of the Civil War, they meet monthly at the library to talk about the war. Adele is well liked by everyone in Bon Temps. When Sookie was young, she helped care for Tara Thornton when her parents were too drunk to do so. Adele welcomes Bill Compton into her house and lets him see her granddaughter. Adele is murdered by Rene Lenier.
Physical Appearance[]
Adele is Caucasian with wrinkly white skin, white hair and green eyes.
Personality[]
Adele was kind, smart, and sweet. She helped out Bon Temps in many ways.
Appearances[]
| Sookie Stackhouse Novels appearances | |||
| Dead Until Dark | "Living Dead in Dallas" | "Club Dead" | "Dead to the World" |
| "Dead as a Doornail" | "Definitely Dead" | "All Together Dead" | "From Dead to Worse" |
| "Dead and Gone" | "Dead in the Family" | "Dead Reckoning" | "Deadlocked" |
| "Dead Ever After" | |||