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Billy Mays worked at US Jesco for 10 years
Billy Mays was at the Wisconsin State Fair for over ten years selling a quick chopper before he hit the big time with the cleaning products according Jay Spalding of US Jesco in an article on the Wisconsin State Fair in the Journal Sentinal, http://www.jsonline.com/business/29283879.html.
His employment is also referenced on the US Jesco website at: http://www.jescojobs.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mowenllc (talk • contribs) 16:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
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In many grammatical conventions, possessives of Proper Nouns are often formed by just adding an apostrophe to the end of the word. For that reason, I would hope that you may change "Mays's" to "Mays'". That way it conforms to most common conventions of making possessions of Proper Nouns. Callyalater1989 (talk) 04:47, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
- Both ways are "standard" in various English usage, so the wikipedia style guide for this specific issue blesses them both in general. According to that, we'd need some strong evidence about how the possessive form is most commonly pronounced in order to decide to switch. DMacks (talk) 08:01, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Jewish
NNDB lists him as Jewish[1], and apparently he was buried in a Jewish cemetery. Is this worth mentioning in the article? 76.230.74.57 (talk) 00:23, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
- oy vey, i vote no. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielmcandrew (talk • contribs) 07:19, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
- On several episodes of the TV show "PitchMen" Mays can be clearly seen wearing a cross around his neck, which seems to suggest that the chances of him being Jewish aren't very likely. 68.146.193.243 (talk) 17:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
- He is buried in a Jewish cemetery, as stated in the Death section. Information yes (talk) 13:23, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
- According to this, he was a devout Christian. The cemetery thing would be odd if true, however, I can't find a citation to verify it. All Hallow's (talk) 16:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- He is buried in a Jewish cemetery, as stated in the Death section. Information yes (talk) 13:23, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Billy Mays is NOT buried in a Jewish cemetery, that is an error. He is buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, located in McKees Rocks, PA. The Jewish cemetery mentioned is about a mile from where he is buried. I heard there was a problem with people putting cartons of OxyClean on his grave, so maybe that is why someone changed his burial site. Beth Hamedrash is a VERY difficult cemetery to navigate and most people would not bother trying to find a grave there. It is wall-to-wall graves and you almost have to be a billy goat to climb around on the stones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.239.252.10 (talk) 02:30, 19 November 2013 (UTC)