April 29, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- The actress who played Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show" was robbed in the town that inspired the show's idyllic Mayberry setting, after moving to the area to avoid big city crime.

Betty Lou Lynn had her wallet stolen at a shopping center in Mount Airy, the birthplace of Andy Griffith.

The Mount Airy News reports that police arrested Shirley Walter Guynn of Cana, Va. He's being held in Surry County Jail on a $10,000 bond. It was not immediately clear Thursday if he has a lawyer.

In an earlier interview with the newspaper, the 83-year-old Lynn said she moved to Mount Airy after being robbed three times in Los Angeles. In the TV series, Thelma Lou was the girlfriend of Deputy Barney Fife, played by Don Knotts.



Betty Lou Lynn, who played Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show," was robbed in North Carolina. (AP)



Now how ya gonna rob Thelma Lou?

It was probably one of the Darlingtons.

Or maybe it was Otis.

or

That's ironic. I don't think there's anyplace you can go to escape crime these days.

DoesNotCompute said:

"Don't call me Shirley."

funkpill said:

..She called me a "creachture", I ain't no "creachture"!!!



Ernest T. Bass