Services for Priscilla will be Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Salado United Methodist Church starting at 1:00 pm.

Priscilla Anne Beadle, age 73, died Friday evening, January 9, 2015, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas. Priscilla was born in Clarksville, Texas to Pat Clark Beadle and Lela May (Wooley) Beadle. Priscilla graduated from Clarksville High School in 1959. She attended the University of North Texas in Denton and obtained a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with honors in 1963. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Marketing and Economics and later obtained her Doctorate from the University of North Texas.

She worked for the University of Texas at Dallas for many years. She joined the university as a special assistant to the president and later became Vice-President of Student Affairs. During her tenure as Vice President of Student Affairs, Priscilla was instrumental in building the foundation for on campus student life as the university evolved from a two year to a four institution. It was said that she was a “closet lawyer” with a strength for legal issues related to student life, and she worked to develop the student code of conduct and a department of judicial affairs for student discipline. Priscilla later moved to the office of the provost and served the university as Vice Provost. For many years, she served on the board of directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Priscilla was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Pat Forrest Beadle. She is survived by her brother, Daniel James Beadle; niece Leslie Garner and husband David; nephew, Forrest Beadle and wife Jill; niece Laura Brown and husband Mark; much loved grandnieces Carly and Ellie Garner; Abby and Molly Beadle; Taylor Brown and her treasured grandnephew Tanner Brown.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given to the charity of your choice or to the Molly Martinsen Foundation addressed to Treasurer Dan Martinsen, 2532 Arroyo Road, Waco, Texas 76710; the Ronald McDonald House at 1004 7th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76104; or the National Alliance on Mental Illness at P.O. Box 62596, Baltimore, Maryland 21264-2596.

A celebration of Priscilla’s life will be planned to take place in February.