Obituary: Helen Louise Barnett

December 23, 1933 – January 22, 2024

Helen Louise Barnett, 90, of Bedford, passed away Monday, January 22, 2024, at IU Health Bedford Hospital.

She had been a resident at Cedar Creek Assisted Living.  Born December 23, 1933, in Orleans, she was the daughter of Norman J. and Lola E. (Webb) Lindley.  She married Danny Barnett on September 1, 1951, and he preceded her in death on November 20, 2006.  

Helen was a Mitchell High School and Burris Elementary teacher and a licensed real estate broker. She was a 1951 graduate of Orleans High School and a 1969 graduate of Indiana University.  Helen was a Bedford First Baptist Church member and past interim director at the Women’s Ministry in Bedford. She loved music and played the piano and organ for several local churches and Chastain Funeral Home. 

Survivors include her son, Barry Barnett of Bedford; brother, Gene Lindley of Orleans; and several nieces and nephews. 

Her parents, husband, and siblings, Paul Lindley, Damon Lindley, Merrill Lindley, Marvin Lindley, Mary Ruth Riggle, Alvin Lindley, Robert Lindley, Marjorie Ann Sears, and Norman J. Lindley, preceded her in death. 

The funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 26, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center, with Pastor William “Skip” Mathews officiating.  Burial will follow in Mitchell Cemetery.   The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until the service on Friday at the funeral home. 

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.chastainfuneralhome.com.