opie's mother is mentioned only once, briefly, during the show. in the second-season episode, "wedding bells for aunt bee", opie asks his father if he had the kind of love for his mother that leads to marriage. andy answers that he did have that kind of love. there are no souvenirs or mementos of a wife seen in andy's house. all of opie's relatives seen on the show (aunt bee, aunt nora, bradford taylor) are paternal relations; no relatives of his mother appear.