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'''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.<ref>''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=September 21, 1959|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869221-3,00.html|title=1960|publisher=Time|accessdate =2007-08-31}}</ref> Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, [[Mary Ann Mobley]] (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morris|first=David Rae|title=My Mississippi|date=2000|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781617034398|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tapq44qlgbwC&q=%2C+Mary+Ann+Mobley++lynda+lee+mead+sorority&pg=PA49}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Eagles|first=Charles W.|title=The Price of Defiance|date=2009|publisher=University of North Carolina Press, 2009|isbn=9780807832738|pages=[https://archive.org/details/priceofdefiancej00eagl/page/8 8]-9|url=https://archive.org/details/priceofdefiancej00eagl|url-access=registration|quote=, Mary Ann Mobley lynda lee mead sorority.}}</ref> |
'''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.<ref>''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=September 21, 1959|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869221-3,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031052712/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869221-3,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 31, 2007|title=1960|publisher=Time|accessdate =2007-08-31}}</ref> Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, [[Mary Ann Mobley]] (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morris|first=David Rae|title=My Mississippi|date=2000|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781617034398|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tapq44qlgbwC&q=%2C+Mary+Ann+Mobley++lynda+lee+mead+sorority&pg=PA49}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Eagles|first=Charles W.|title=The Price of Defiance|date=2009|publisher=University of North Carolina Press, 2009|isbn=9780807832738|pages=[https://archive.org/details/priceofdefiancej00eagl/page/8 8]-9|url=https://archive.org/details/priceofdefiancej00eagl|url-access=registration|quote=, Mary Ann Mobley lynda lee mead sorority.}}</ref> |
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==Family== |
==Family== |
Revision as of 08:45, 21 July 2021
Lynda Mead Shea | |
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Born | Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. | April 17, 1939
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]
Family
Mead married Dr. John J. Shea Jr. in 1964; they have three adult children.[5] Dr. Shea died in 2015.
Business life
Shea is president of Shea Design & French Country Imports in Memphis, Tennessee.[6]
References
- ^ 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.
, Mary Ann Mobley lynda lee mead sorority.
- ^ Tauber, Michelle; Neill, Mike; Russell, Lisa; Fowler, Joanne; Dam, Julie; Tresniowski, Alex; Miller, Samantha; Dougherty, Steve; Yu, Ting (October 16, 2000). "American Beauties: 80 Years". People.
- ^ Mitchell, Lena (April 30, 1998). "HED:French Country plays dominant role in Interior Design". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved May 30, 2014."Magnolia Hill: a dream realized atop a hill, crowning twenty beautiful rolling acres, the home of Mary and Sam Haskell pays homage to faith, family, and friends". Mississippi Magazine. The Free Library. September 1, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2014.