BOWLING GREEN – Mary “Barney” Cooke Burns, 93, of Bowling Green, Ky slipped away peacefully at Hospice House on Dec 5, 2023. She was born the only child to the late Will J and Mary B Cooke ...

Betty Lynn, the actress who portrayed Thelma Lou, the wholesome girlfriend of Don Knotts' Barney Fife, on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' has died.

Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou, the girlfriend of the neurotic deputy sheriff Barney Fife (played by Don Knotts) on “The Andy Griffith Show.” She joined the cast in 1961.