Lynda Mead Shea | |
|---|---|
 Lynda Lee Mead in 1960 | |
| Born | April 17, 1939 Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Title | Miss America 1960 |
| Predecessor | Mary Ann Mobley |
| Successor | Nancy Fleming |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
Lynda Lee Shea (née Mead; born April 17, 1939) is an American businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Mississippi 1959 and Miss America 1960. Shea attended Natchez High School and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority.[1][2] Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega.[3][4]
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ "1960". Time. September 21, 1959. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ Morris, David Rae (2000). My Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 49. ISBN 9781617034398.
- ^ Eagles, Charles W. (2009). The Price of Defiance. University of North Carolina Press, 2009. pp. 8-9. ISBN 9780807832738.
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