{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bill Hasty | state_senate1 = Georgia State | district1 = 51st | term_start1 = January 14, 1991 | term_end1 = January 11, 1993 | predecessor1 = Max R. Brannon | successor1 = David Ralston | state_house2 = Georgia | district2 = 8th | term_start2 = January 8, 1979 | term_end2 = January 14, 1991 | predecessor2 = Max Roach Looper | successor2 = Garland F. Pinholster | birth_name = William Grady Hasty | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|03|06}} | birth_place = Canton, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|11|05|1922|03|06}} | death_place = Canton, Georgia, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = Hazel Wyatt | children = 3 | education = Reinhardt College<br>Oglethorpe University (AB)<br>Mercer University (MEd) | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{navy|United States}} | service_years = 1942–1945 | battles = World War II }}
'''William Grady Hasty''' (March 6, 1922 – November 5, 2003) was an American politician from Georgia known for his service in the Georgia General Assembly.
==Early life and education== Hasty was born in Canton, Georgia, in 1922, and was raised on a farm in Cherokee County.<ref name="Obituary" /> In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served for the remainder of World War II.<ref name="Register 1979">{{cite web |title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register, 1979-80 |url=https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1979.pdf |publisher=Georgia Department of Archives & History |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> After completing his service, Hasty attended Oglethorpe University, from which he graduated in 1948.
After graduating, Hasty worked as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in Cherokee County.<ref name="Obituary" /> He became a high school principal and, in 1952, the county school superintendent.<ref name="Obituary" /> Accordingly, earned a Master of Education degree from Mercer University in 1952.<ref name="Register 1979" />
From 1969 to 1977, he was the assistant director of Probation at the Georgia Department of Probation and Correction.<ref name="Register 1979" />
==Political career== Hasty was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives from Cherokee, Dawson, and Pickens counties in 1978, and went on to serve six terms in the chamber.<ref name="Register 1985">{{cite web |title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register, 1979-80 |url=https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1985.pdf |publisher=Georgia Department of Archives & History |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> In 1990, Hasty successfully ran for the Georgia State Senate. He served in that body for just two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members of the General Assembly of Georgia, First Session of 1991 - 1992 Term |url=https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ggpd/docs/1991/ga/s700/_ps1/g4/1991_h1992/sess_p_b1.con/1.pdf |publisher=State of Georgia |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref>
Hasty was named to the Georgia Department of Transportation Board in 1995, and became chairman in April 2002.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web |title=Bill Hasty |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/bill-hasty-obituary?pid=1575237 |website=Legacy.com |publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> He left the board after being drawn into the same district as Vice Chair Steve Reynolds.<ref name="Obituary" />
==Personal life and death== Hasty was a Baptist.<ref name="Register 1979" /> He wrote a regular column in the ''Cherokee Tribune'' and published two books of county history.<ref name="Obituary" />
Hasty died of cancer in his hometown of Canton in 2003, at the age of 81.<ref name="Obituary" /> He was survived by his wife, Hazel.<ref name="Obituary" />
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