# Frances Bavier home for sale (Aunt Bea) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104 "2021-04-15T20:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/1 "2021-04-15T20:37:48Z")
Under contract but taking other offers . She lived there from 1972 to 1989 when she died. A lot of her stuff was auctioned with the money going to UNC public TV sorry it’s Aunt Bee > **[Want to make pickles in Aunt Bee’s kitchen? Her North Carolina home is for sale.](https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article250689944.html)** > > Frances Bavier, who played the much-loved “The Andy Griffith Show” character, lived in the 5,000-square-foot home with her cats until her death in 1989. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/2 "2021-04-16T02:17:34Z")
Can’t say I’d want to live in Siler City. Yes, I’ve been there; my parents grew up less than half an hour away. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/3 "2021-04-16T02:23:24Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Can’t say I’d want to live in Siler City. Yes, I’ve been there; my parents grew up less than half an hour away. Which is why a 5,000 sq. ft. home once owned by a minor celebrity is going for $425k 🙂 . In my area you can’t even buy a 750 sq. ft. condo for $425k. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/4 "2021-04-16T02:40:21Z")
I wonder if she kept that bed jacket? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/5 "2021-04-16T16:35:02Z")
When he found himself in times of trouble Whom did Opie run to see? Baking cakes and cookies, His Aunt Bea And when Sheriff Andy Taylor argued With Barney Fife, his deputy Whom then could he turn to? His Aunt Bea. Poor Aunt Bea, poor Aunt Bea Poor Aunt Bea, poor Aunt Bea Her new address is Heaven RFD ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/6 "2021-04-16T23:26:05Z")
It’s not remote you can get to Greensboro in about 30 minutes and Raleigh in about an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/7 "2021-04-17T11:50:28Z")
Picture yourself at the table in her kitchen With heaps of fried chicken and warm apple pie Aunt Bee will call you, you answer quite quickly The gal with the apron walks by Kerosene pickles of yellow and green Lie there untouched on the shelf Look for the gal with the bun in her hair And she’s gone Aunt Bee at the stove with dinner Aunt Bee at the stove with dinner Aunt Bee at the stove with dinner Aaaaahhhh…. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/8 "2021-04-17T12:11:33Z")
Here come old Aunt Bee She got piping biscuits She got lousy pickles She got fresh pecan pie She got nice friend chicken that is sure to please Come to dinner With Aunt Bee ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/9 "2021-04-17T13:51:00Z")
Hope they finally got all the cat hair removed. My allergies would give me fits in that house. Bavier played many enduring characters. Aunt Bea is the most loved. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/10 "2021-04-17T13:55:13Z")
@jaycat@Mean_Mr.Mustard I lol’ed a LOT ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/11 "2021-04-17T14:27:18Z")
Yes, yours as well. We should go on tour, the three of us. mmm ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/12 "2021-04-17T15:57:17Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > We should go on tour, the three of us. You could call yourselves The Bee-tles I’m sorry, I really tried to stop myself. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/13 "2021-04-17T16:48:23Z")
The Darling family could open for us. (sorry, fried chicken came out ‘friend’ chicken… it was early.) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/14 "2021-04-17T17:55:56Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > The Darling family could open for us. I’d see that! I was surprised to learn that the Darlings [played Dueling Banjos on the _Andy Griffith Show_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd9Z55-g24Q) a good ten years before it was made famous by its appearance in _Deliverance_. I had thought it was written for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/15 "2021-04-20T01:04:36Z")
Why is her name so commonly spelled “Aunt Bee” instead of “Aunt Bea”? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/16 "2021-04-20T01:10:47Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Why is her name so commonly spelled “Aunt Bee” instead of “Aunt Bea”? Given that even IMDb calls her that, I suspect it’s how her name was spelled in the scripts. It’s also spelled that way in the closed captions. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/17 "2021-04-20T01:12:27Z")
Um. (Post must be at least five characters, shall be the whole of the law, what say you DiscoBot?) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/18 "2021-04-21T14:31:13Z")
That sort of price isn’t unusual in rural areas though. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/19 "2021-07-24T22:15:04Z")
@Qadgop_the_Mercotan @jaycat My apologies, guys, but I had another one in me. Not Beatles, but Ringo: **"It Don’t Come Greasy"** It don’t come greasy You know it don’t come greasy Got to be assured if you’re gonna fry that bird So you know it won’t come greasy We don’t have to pout, you’ll cut that grease right out You can even make it cheesy Don’t forget the breasts, the thighs and drummies That yardbird won’t last, it will soon be in our tummies I don’t ask for much, I only want to trust, That you will not make it greasy. And my love of your fried hen, will surface once again When I see it just ain’t greasy Open up your stove, let’s fry together Use a little love, there ain’t no chicken better I don’t ask for much, only that you fussed So I know it won’t come greasy And I know what’s on my plate, will be finger lickin’ great When I see it just ain’t greasy Grease, remember grease, the bird it spoils Here within our reach, we can minimize the oils ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104/20 "2021-07-27T23:56:08Z")
According to [realtor.com](http://realtor.com) the listing price is now down to $384,900.