Billy Richard Pitts, Jr.

Shortly after my wife and I first moved to Charlotte in '91 she told me she met a guy down at the apartment swimming pool that she thought I would like.
She was right, it took no time at all after Bill and I met for us to become fast friends.
We both ended up buying homes in a nearby neighborhood a block away from one another.
Bill and I spent many a Saturday afternoon on his back deck or in his garage workshop drinking beer and discussing our respective work issues, bosses, co-workers, corporate policies as well as D.C. politics, food, music and debating who were the hottest female artists from 60s & 70s rock-n-roll, Grace Slick, Linda Ronstadt & Stevie Nicks are some that come to mind that we both admired.
Many chess games were played at his kitchen table with him usually winning.
My family and I moved back to Fla. in '99 but Bill and I called each other several times a year.
Bill was like the older brother I never had.
He was one of the most thoughtful and intelligent individuals I have had the privilege to call a friend and I miss him tremendously.
May you rest in peace Brother!

Was sorry to hear of Billy’s passing. What a nice guy. We played basketball together in jr high Walkertown NC. Plus later on solfball in Winston. Maybe some day no one will have to have to go tru with cancer. I know he will be missed. As I have over the years as our lives drift apart.

Bill took me to raise as a young aspiring air conditioning technician, we did a lot of interesting work together. He was my mentor and great friend as well, he was the best teacher I have met in my life. He will be missed there isn´t a day that goes by that I don´t find myself using one of his famous sayings. Thank you for everything you did for all of us.

Bill was my Supervisor for 32 years.
How we came to meet was by telephone.
I left Western Carolina University maintenance dept and took a job with a company called Air- Cond, owned by Hoffman and Hoffman.
30 days later, they sold the business, lock, stock and barrell to McQuay Service.
I was originally dispatched from the Greensboro office.
My pager wouldn´t quit putting up an unknown number and back then we didn´t have cell phones, we had to find a pay phone, few and far between and use a credit card to make the call.
So, after about a week of this mysterious number showing up and me finally being conveniently being close to a pay phone, I decided to call the number and it was Bill.
He informed me that I had been transferred to the Charlotte office.
Bill took me under his wing and I will be forever grateful that he saw the value in me at a most awkward time in my life when I was questioning whether or not I had made a good move by leaving a secure job and getting bounced around from office to office.
He assured me that he had looked at my resume and told me if I could do half the things I listed on my resume and could follow instructions, everything would be alright.
And it was, and will always be thanks to Bill´s guided,friendship and faith in me.

Condolences to the family. I first met Bill when I moved to NC some 44 years ago from a small town not knowing anyone. Bill made me feel welcome and we became lifelong friends and spent many hours working together, eating together and laughing together. I will miss our hours long conservations and I know heaven is a cooler place now that he is there.

Bill hired me at McQuay and was my supervisor and dear friend. To the family, he will be missed.

Bill was a neighbor and friend. He would stop and chat whenever we were out in the yard. Alyson liked to push him in the wheelchair when he was too weak to walk on his own, just to give him some fresh air and maybe see a familiar face outside. She did her best to make his last months as pleasant as she could. Bill will be missed.

Bill was a great neighbor and such a great friend. My condolences to his family.
Rest in peace, Bill!
Janet LaValley

many years ago, with a heavy heart I had to tell Bill I was leaving McQuay I'm going to Trane. Bill told me he knew already and was informed at the beginning of the week. he told me I will be a better technician when you come back. well, he was right of course, and I returned after just a few years. with that big grin that he had, he laugh and said so Frank, what had you been doing?. we continued a friendly working relationship thereafter. I sure do miss the guy.

A true mentor, and close friend, I can´t count the times Bill bailed me out of jam, I´ll mis him.