Mark Beardsley

Mark and I were students in Miss Williams 3rd grade class at Jefferson Elementary in Sherman . We continued thru 4th and 5th together at Jefferson. I moved to Farmington,NM for the 6th,half of the 7th , only to return to Sherman in the fall of 1961. I attended Piner jr high while Mark was now my cross town rival at Dillingham. We only saw each other across the scrimmage line on the football field. The balance of of my schooling was in Garland & Gainesville . It was at that point we lost...

I still miss this kind, warm, funny friend. Mark was a true original. I'm honored that he called me his friend.

Back in 2001, when my son Jordan was in High School, he had a History Class.
Jordan came home with a History Book and to my amazement a Syllabus for each chapter. The syllabus had an outline of important items in the chapter and then a list of study questions at the end. My classmate, Mark Beardsley was his teacher. Beardsley's
parents had been Austin College Professors. None of my high school teachers had ever produced a syllabus on any chapter of any textbook.

Years...

I had the honor of working with Mr. Beardsley. He was a man of integrity. On the job or in public Mr. Beardsley always greated others with a smile. He was a role model to all those who knew him, teaching others by example to be respectful and kind, regardless of how others treated you. At the end of the school day, he would go and have dinner with his mother, tending to her needs. Mr. Beardsley always put others before himself. Mr. Beardsley, you will be greatly missed by many.