As intimated in an email shot to BBC members, the funeral of Terry Fourloubeyx took place in
Mérignac on Tuesday 27th January 2015. Seven people who had known Terry through the BBC
in earlier days joined family and friends to say goodbye at the Eglise St Vincent de Paul in
Mérignac Centre. Apart from the immediate family who live locally, relations came from further
afield; Scotland and the Auvergne for example plus old friends of the family from Paris.
Terry was proud of her origins in the north-west of England, coming to France to teach and
marry Paul, from Corsica, living first in Paris and later in Bordeaux. Paul and Terry have two
daughters, Estelle and Christine and two grandchildren.
Terry and Paul were active in the BBC in the nineties and up until they moved to Tarnos just
north of Bayonne on Paul’s retirement. Terry was Vice-President for a spell and they both
contributed greatly to organising events, many of which took place in their house in Mérignac,
Arlac. A particular speciality was Paul’s encyclopaedic knowledge of music, which, coupled with
Terry’s enthusiastic hospitality, provided entertaining evenings. Terry was also involved with
supporting the annual bazaar for the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine. While we saw them from time to
time when in Tarnos, none of us saw much of them during that period. Suddenly, they
appeared back on the scene in Mérignac, made contact and started coming to BBC events
again. Following a period of being quite poorly, Terry’s health began a recovery which was
wonderful to see. Thus, her sudden loss was an even greater shock.
Our heartfelt condolences go to Paul, Estelle and Christine, and to Estelle’s husband Julian and
their children Chloe and Axel, and also to their extended family and friends
Obituary by Chris Rankin with help from BBC members present and past