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|death_place=[[Lubbock]], Texas<br>
|death_place=[[Lubbock]], Texas<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Slaton, Texas
Englewood Cemetery in Slaton in Lubbock County, Texas
|spouse=(1) Jerry Allison (married 1958, divorced)<br>
|spouse=(1) Jerry Allison (married 1958, divorced)<br>
(2) Lynn Rackham<br>
(2) Lynn Rackham<br>
Two children from second marriage
'''Children''':
Two children from second marriage, including Amanda Stathos
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}}
'''Peggy Sue Gerron Allison Rackham''' (June 15, 1940 – October 1, 2018) as a [[high school]] senior became the inspiration for the popular 1957 [[Buddy Holly]] song, "Peggy Sue."
'''Peggy Sue Gerron Allison Rackham''' (June 15, 1940 – October 1, 2018) as a [[high school]] senior became the inspiration for the popular 1957 [[Buddy Holly]] song, "Peggy Sue."
A native of [[rural]] Olton in Lamb County in west [[Texas]], Gerron was a daughter of John Wellborn Gerron (1904-1963) and the former Lillie Ceclia Rieger (1910-2002).<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193692927/peggy-sue-rackham|title=Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> By the time that she entered high school, the family relocated to nearby [[Lubbock]]. The song was initially titled "Cindy Lou" after Holly's niece, but when released as "Peggy Sue". At the time the song was recorded, Gerron was dating Jerry Ivan Allison (born 1939), the drummer for Holly's band, The Crickets. The couple married after she graduated from Lubbock High School but later divorced. She attended Pasadena Junior College in Pasadena, [[California]], and became a dental assistant. From a second marriage to Lynn Rackham, she had a son and a daughter, Amanda Stathos. She helped her second husband to establish a successful plumbing business and became the first licensed woman plumber in California.<ref name=deathofpeggysue>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181001/peggy-sue-gerron-inspiration-for-buddy-holly-song-dies-in-lubbock|title=Peggy Sue Gerron, inspiration for Buddy Holly song, dies|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|author=Ray Westbrook|date=October 1, 2018|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
A native of [[rural]] Olton in Lamb County in west [[Texas]], Gerron was a daughter of John Wellborn Gerron (1904-1963) and the former Lillie Ceclia Rieger (1910-2002).<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193692927/peggy-sue-rackham|title=Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> By the time that she entered high school, the family relocated to nearby [[Lubbock]]. The song was initially titled "Cindy Lou" after Holly's niece, but when released as "Peggy Sue". At the time the song was recorded, Gerron was dating Jerry Ivan Allison (born 1939), the drummer for Holly's band, The Crickets. The couple married after she graduated from Lubbock High School but later divorced. She attended Pasadena Junior College in Pasadena, [[California]], and became a dental assistant. From a second marriage to Lynn B. Rackham (born 1939), she had a son and a daughter, Amanda Stathos. She helped her second husband to establish a successful plumbing business and became the first licensed woman plumber in California.<ref name=deathofpeggysue>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181001/peggy-sue-gerron-inspiration-for-buddy-holly-song-dies-in-lubbock|title=Peggy Sue Gerron, inspiration for Buddy Holly song, dies|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|author=Ray Westbrook|date=October 1, 2018|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
In 1995, Gerron Rackham returned to Lubbock to care for her aging mother, who died seven years later. In the late 1990s, she was a frequent guest on [[radio]] station KDAV, which called itself "The Buddy Holly Station" though Holly never worked there. The station has since closed. She remained in Lubbock until her death there at the age of seventy-eight.<ref name=deathofpeggysue/> A memorial service was held on October 13, 2018, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=peggy-gerron-rackham-peggy-sue&pid=190388840|title= Peggy Gerron "Peggy Sue" Rackham |publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>Along with her parents, she is interred at the in Slaton, Texas.<ref name=findagrave/>
In 1995, Gerron Rackham returned to Lubbock to care for her aging mother, who died seven years later. In the late 1990s, she was a frequent guest on [[radio]] station KDAV, which called itself "The Buddy Holly Station" though Holly never worked there. The station has since closed. She remained in Lubbock until her death there at the age of seventy-eight.<ref name=deathofpeggysue/> A memorial service was held on October 13, 2018, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=peggy-gerron-rackham-peggy-sue&pid=190388840|title= Peggy Gerron "Peggy Sue" Rackham |publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>Along with her parents, she is interred at the in Slaton, Texas.<ref name=findagrave/>