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To: SeekAndFind

I didn’t know he was religious! Christian?


84 posted on 07/25/2014 5:32:46 PM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

Well, his family was very religious Baptists and all joined in on regular family singalongs.

However, Buddy was considered sort of the “rebel” of the family.

But he wasn’t so rebellious that he got himself into serious trouble. But he wanted to “break free”.

His “rebellion” was sort of the desire to get out of the “chains” of his traditional religion.

Buddy’s friend Sonny Curtis remembers him as “someone who drinks —loud, a smart aleck, head-strong.” Even after publicly professing Christ and being baptized, Buddy told his friends that he had no intention to stop his sinful ways.

From time to time, Buddy expressed some remorse for his rebellious life... Buddy’s older brother, Larry, who is still a member and a trustee at Tabernacle Baptist, believes Buddy was saved but backslidden and the Lord took him home because of his stubborn rebellion.

Mom and Dad were skeptical because of his fiance, Maria Elena, not being the same religion. But they just figured he would change her, or she would change him.

The wedding took place on Aug. 15, 1958, at the Holley family home at 1606 39th St.

Family pastor Ben Johnson presided over the ceremony.

Holly’s funeral took place at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1911 34th St., four days after the Feb. 3, 1959, crash.


85 posted on 07/25/2014 5:59:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

I got the above information from David W. Cloud’s “1950s Rock — Creating a Revolution”


86 posted on 07/25/2014 6:00:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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