Andy is a widower, but is it ever fully explained what happened to his wife?

Welcome to the boards! :) I don't think they ever mentioned what Andy's wife died of.

Thank you!

I was wondering if Andy ever talked aboiut his wife on
The Andy Griffith Show.

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Aaron

THey didn't talk about death in those days. Although one of my favorite episodes is the one where Aunt Bee buys a tonic from John Dehner( He starred on Doris Days Sitcom) . In the beginning of that episode she comes into the Andys courthouse all emotional for her friend Gussy died. In the episode she buys the tonic, gets tipsy, and has a grand old time.

Welcome to the boards! :) I don't think they ever mentioned what Andy's wife died of.

One of the great mysteries of television history, one that will almost certainly never be solved.

The weird thing is that she was NEVER mentioned. Very odd.

I think I remember Andy and/or Opie mentioning his ma.

I remember her being mentioned once. When Aunt Bee is being courted by the dry cleaner, Opie asks Andy if Aunt Bee has that "special love" for her suitor. When Andy says yes, Opie asks if Andy and "Mom" had that special love too.

What's weird about it too, is that whenever Andy hooked up with an old girlfriend like Sharon DeSpain (?) at his class reunion or Alice Harper who moved back to Mayberry, they'd talk about old times and why it didn't work out or whatever. But you had to figure that at some point in the past, in between dating these other girls, he had met, dated, and married his wife. Yet Andy and Sharon never mention it and neither do Andy and Alice.

I think back in the 60's family sitcoms just didn't talk about death. I guess we can all just use our own imaginations and come up with our thoughts on how she died.

THey didn't talk about death in those days. Although one of my favorite episodes is the one where Aunt Bee buys a tonic from John Dehner( He starred on Doris Days Sitcom) . In the beginning of that episode she comes into the Andys courthouse all emotional for her friend Gussy died. In the episode she buys the tonic, gets tipsy, and has a grand old time.

True, such as when Floyd just up and "moved to Mount Pilot" rather than an actual tribute to his passing.

By the way, was Floyd from somewhere besides Mayberry?

After all, his nephew Warren was from Boston.

I think back in the 60's family sitcoms just didn't talk about death. I guess we can all just use our own imaginations and come up with our thoughts on how she died.

I've read discussion about a possible Mayberry prequel, with a young Andy Taylor, Barney Fife and so on.

Could be interesting if somehow they get it right.

What's weird about it too, is that whenever Andy hooked up with an old girlfriend like Sharon DeSpain (?) at his class reunion or Alice Harper who moved back to Mayberry, they'd talk about old times and why it didn't work out or whatever. But you had to figure that at some point in the past, in between dating these other girls, he had met, dated, and married his wife. Yet Andy and Sharon never mention it and neither do Andy and Alice.

Depending on which story is considered canon, Andy Taylor graduated from high school in either 1945 or 1948, quite a few years before the birth of Opie.

Andy probably or possibly didn't meet and marry Opie's mother until the mid to late 1950s, years after his high school romances.

Maybe the reason Andy stopped carrying a gun ties in with it all?

I think I remember Andy and/or Opie mentioning his ma.

Very early on, when Aunt Bee arrived.

THey didn't talk about death in those days.
Guess they just swallowed their grief.

Floyd the Barber was the slow-paced, somewhat absent-minded barber in the series' fictional town of Mayberry. He was born and raised in Mayberry, having descended from one of the town's original settlers, Daniel Lawson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Lawson

Depending on which story is considered canon, Andy Taylor graduated from high school in either 1945 or 1948, quite a few years before the birth of Opie.

Andy probably or possibly didn't meet and marry Opie's mother until the mid to late 1950s, years after his high school romances.

Maybe the reason Andy stopped carrying a gun ties in with it all?

In the early days of Andy's law career, he cleaned up the mean street of Mayberry. He with a big stick and rifle in hand, rid Mayberry of the bootleg cartels (Otis was Andy's stool pigeon) but the peace of Mayberry came at the cost of Andy's wife. After the Mayberry bootleg wars was over, all the grateful Mayberry citizens took a solemn vow to never speak about the great and terrible cost of peace.

When I was little, I thought Andy and Aunt Bee were married lol

When I was little, I thought Andy and Aunt Bee were married lol
Lol.

When I was little, I thought Andy and Aunt Bee were married lol


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When I was little, I thought Andy and Aunt Bee were married lol

He certainly went to maximum pains to not hurt her feelings about her awful pickles. Enough for a kid to think they're married.

In the early days of Andy's law career, he cleaned up the mean street of Mayberry. He with a big stick and rifle in hand, rid Mayberry of the bootleg cartels (Otis was Andy's stool pigeon) but the peace of Mayberry came at the cost of Andy's wife. After the Mayberry bootleg wars was over, all the grateful Mayberry citizens took a solemn vow to never speak about the great and terrible cost of peace.

So Andy was basically Buford T. Pusser of "Walking Tall."

Far fetched but possible.

When I was little, I thought Andy and Aunt Bee were married lol

Aunt Bee sure would have had to look the other way with all the chicks Andy was constantly attracting.

🙂

Floyd the Barber was the slow-paced, somewhat absent-minded barber in the series' fictional town of Mayberry. He was born and raised in Mayberry, having descended from one of the town's original settlers, Daniel Lawson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Lawson

Floyd's nephew Warren Ferguson was from Boston.

Floyd's sister married a Yankee and moved to New England?

Yes, I do believe Floyd's sister married a Yankee and moved up North. :)

Yes, I do believe Floyd's sister married a Yankee and moved up North. :)

Yes, according to a comment from Warren.