Buddy Holly Archives

Buddy Holly was never in one of Mary Wilson’s art classes at Lubbock High School – Buddy took music classes down the hall from her classroom – but she remembers him.

“He was a very visible person in the school,” Wilson said. “Everybody knew him.”

One thing Wilson remembers particularly well is Buddy’s music.

“His music was distinctive and quite loud and wasn’t really my kind of music, but I sympathized with him,” she said.

Buddy was an active person in the school, she said. During his senior year at Lubbock High, Buddy was vice president of the Vocational Industrial Club, said Rickey Woody, the school’s assistant principal for activities. You could always count on Buddy for entertainment during an assembly, Wilson said.

“I think most everybody liked him. His wiggle was very well-known,” Wilson said, adding Buddy was always in a hurry.

And even though Wilson said she never had much contact with Buddy, she remembers him.

“He was there, and he was quite a presence,” Wilson said. “You’d never miss him.”