LEXINGTON — James “Jim” Biesecker Jr., 87, 209 Bremen Drive, died Saturday (March 31, 2001).

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Piedmont Funeral Home.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, at the funeral home.

C.E. ‘Gene’ Hast

C.E. “Gene” Hast, 71, Salisbury, died Saturday (March 31, 2001) at his home after a long illness.

Born Dec. 19, 1929, in Malden, Mo., Mr. Hast was the son of the late William and Ivy Lemore Hast. Educated in the schools of Qulin, Mo., he served eight years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a sergeant first class. He received the Purple Heart during the Korean conflict. He also served 12 years with the South Carolina National Guard.

Mr. Hast owned and operated barber shops in Columbia, S.C., and Centerville, Ala. He later became a security guard at University Hospital in Augusta, Ga., and at the KoSa plant in Salisbury, retiring in 1995 after 10 years with the company.

He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and the Mount Tabor Baptist and Stallings Memorial Baptist senior groups.

Survivors include wife Ruby Kesler Hast, whom he married Dec. 21, 1969; daughter Lisa Hast, Houston, Texas; stepson Barry F. Wyatt, Alexandria, Va.; stepdaughters Cecilia J. Wyatt, Fort Myers, Fla., and Carolyn E. Barrett, Kansas City, Mo.; brothers A.C. Hast, Imperial, Mo., and T. Ray Hast, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; sister Gracie Lavigne, DeSoto, Mo.; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Summersett Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Bobby Seagroves. Burial in Rowan Memorial Park, with military rites by the Rowan County Veterans Council.

Visitation: 4-6 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home.

Memorials: Rowan Regional Home Health & Hospice, 825-A Henderson St., Salisbury, NC 28144.

Albert ‘Kayo’ Smith

LINWOOD — Albert Pearison “Kayo” Smith, 73, Linwood, died Friday (March 30, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury after a period of declining health.

Born May 12, 1927, in Stanly County, Mr. Smith was the son of the late Albert Curtis and Jeannie O’Neal Smith. Educated in the Stanly County schools, he was employed with United Furniture Factory in Lexington until retiring due to ill health. He was a member of Yadkin Baptist Church.

His wife, Thelma Owens Smith, died Jan. 15, 1991.

Survivors include sons Wayne Smith, Lexington, and David Smith, Salisbury; daughter Kaye Smith, Linwood; brother Richard Smith, Norwood; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Monday, Yadkin Baptist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. David Ayers.

Visitation: None. Family members will be at their homes.

Memorials: Davidson County Medical Ministries, 420 N. Salisbury St., P.O. Box 584, Lexington, NC 27293.