Actress Betty Lynn dies in Mount Airy at 95
2021
Mount Airy
Thelma Lou of The Andy Griffith Show died in the town where she had lived since 2006.
Betty Lynn died in Mount Airy on October 16, 2021, at the age of 95. She had played Thelma Lou in 26 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and had appeared in the 1986 reunion film Return to Mayberry.