What happened to Opey's mother on the Andy Griffith Show?  

They don't really talk about Opey's mother much on the show. It does seem like on one or two episodes, they said that she died, but I don't think they went into any kind of detail. I think that's why Aunt Bea came to live with them.

We are talking about good ole "Mayberry" or "The Andy Griffith Show,aren't we? Well this is what suppose to have happened,in the beginning of this series "Andy's" wife had died,we don't know why,but she was never on the show as far as i know.Andy's wife had died before the show ever started,and had left him with his son to raise and that was "Opey". The story also goes that "andy" had an aunt Bea,and he got in touch with her and she came to live with them,and to help raise "Opey'..

They mentioned once that Andy was a widow. I think it was in the pilot episode, also the only episode in which they mention that andy and barney are cousins.

I was trying to remember and I know they said he was a widower. I remember once him talking with Opie about his mother's death but I don't think they went into a lot of detail. I did a quick look on Wikipedia and found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...


There was often a storyline of a serious nature concerning Andy's being a single parent to Opie. (The series never explained the circumstances surrounding Andy's wife, though she is mentioned in two episodes including "A Wife for Andy" and an episode where Aunt Bee is considering marriage to the local dry cleaner. In this episode Andy talks with Opie about different types of love ... including the marriage kind. That is when Opie asks if that is the kind of love Andy had with Opie's mom to which Andy answers in the affirmative.)


Hope that helps :)

I have to admit ignorance on this one...I do know she passed away at some point, maybe in childbrith. Divorce would have been out of the question at the time the series was made.