Valerie: I am also a big Aunt Bee fan and collector. I have several of her W-2 forms and copies of her pay check stubs from various works (none from Tags however). Several of these have handwriting on them that I choose to believe is hers. I also have a piece from her silver serving set given to one of her home health nurses. I live close to Siler City, N.C. where she is buried and visit there often. There is always at least one jar of pickles that someone has left on her tombstone. There are many stories about her still circulating through the town and most of them not very good. She kept very much to herself and at times reportedly could be very rude. She lived with many cats and her home was found to be not very hygenic when she died. At least when she died, all of the proceeds bfrom the auction of her personal items went to N.C. Public Television. Many years ago an acquaintance of mine was approached by a family of 4 as she came out of church one Sunday morning asking if she knew where Aunt Bee lived. She soon recognized the man as Ron Howard and his family. She offered to drive them over to the house which she did but Ms. Bavier would never come to the door. Andy has been quoted many times as saying that Ms. Bavier just did not like him. She and Howard Morris evidently could not stand each other. It seems that she never took part in any of the onset hijinx. All actors are not what they seem on the screen. She had a very successful career prior to TAGS and maybe she felt this type of work was below her. Anyway, whatever the story, it doesn't take away from her great work on TAGS and the love that her fans will always have for her. Remember: Toot - Toot - Tootsie Goodbye! P.S. After writing this I found: http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/b/Frances%20Bavier/frances_bavier.htm Some great pictures and most of the info appears legit Robert James, Graham, N.C. > Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:13:35 -0500> From: "goldenrule999 goldenrule999" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: Memories of Francis Bavier/Aunt Bee _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Windows Live Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. It’s free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGWL_June07 _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
