I spoke briefly about Bill 2 months ago when he passed. I got to know Bill some time ago as he reminded me of the sir who introduced me to the barber industry in the early 2000s. Bill had a shop out in Blawnox and I would love calling him because we would talk 2-3 hours about everything and anything. It felt warm to me as a genuine person with nothing to gain besides a friendship. Bill kept saying he was sick and needed to sell his shop by the 3rd week of March as he’s been out of the hospital. I actually told him he should talk to the kid down the street and then we went back to carry on about shop talk. I called him one day just to say hi and comes to find out he passed. Heartbreaking... Bill had cancer and he never mention it, we only talk about shop and the relationships of the shop. I called his son after speaking with Bill’s wife and gave my condolences and how important his legacy to his family and his clients lives on. Bill’s son said his father always talked about me and that made me feel good. I told Bill’s son what I valued his shop stuff at if you decides to sell it to another barber and I was glad to find out his son kept his sign in the window that read “Bill’s Barber Shop”, broken neon just had Bill left it but perfect to everyone else. Bill was the real deal and they don’t make barbers like that anymore. Hopefully you run into my grandparents in Heaven Bill and I’ll see you up there one day. . . . #RIP #billsofBlawnox #Blawnox #blawnoxpa #barbershop #legacy #barberlife #heaven (at Blawnox, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxM8TORnWaq0FxkNNClIvh7Tl61_coIwx97XUY0/?igshid=1i97p27nez3s1
