Ponder Points

Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley, spelled “ey,” in Lubbock, Texas on Sept. 7, 1936. He was the youngest of four children of Lawrence Odell “L.O.” Holley and Ella Pauline Drake. His elder siblings were Larry, Travis and Patricia Lou. Holly was of English and Welsh descent and had a small amount of Native American ancestry. From early childhood, he was nicknamed “Buddy.” Dur...