Jesse F. “Jack” Hasty Jr., 86, of Aiken, died Nov. 11, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Home.
Born April 3, 1926, in Charlotte, N.C., he attended Brevard College, graduated from Wake Forest University in 1948, and earned a master of divinity degree at Andover Newton Theological Seminary near Boston, Mass., in 1952.
He served for several years as a minister of education at churches in North Carolina and Georgia before moving to Aiken in 1971, where he was minister of education at First Baptist Church until his retirement in 1991.
Hasty enjoyed playing golf and traveling to foreign countries with his wife. He continued to serve the community in retirement, volunteering at ACTS (Area Churches Together Serving) and serving as pastoral care consultant at Aiken First Baptist Church until 2010.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Shirley, two children and three granddaughters.