Lynda Lee Mead

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Occupation Businesswoman Title Miss America 1960 Successor Nancy Fleming		Children 5 Predecessor Mary Ann Mobley Name Lynda Mead

Born April 17, 1939 (age 84) ( 1939-04-17 ) Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. Alma mater University of Mississippi Spouse(s) John J. Shea, Jr. (?-2015; his death)
Education University of Mississippi

Lynda Lee Shea (née Mead; born April 17, 1939) attended Natchez High School and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority, and won the Miss America pageant in 1960. Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega.