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Mead married Dr. [[John J. Shea, Jr. in 1964 ]]; {{When|date=December 2014}} they have five children.<ref>http://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/}</ref> |
Mead married Dr. [[John J. Shea, Jr. in 1964 ]]; {{When|date=December 2014}} they have five children.<ref>http://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/}- #23</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:29, 30 September 2017
Lynda Lee Mead | |
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 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 | John J. Shea, Jr. (?-2015; his death) |
| Children | 5 |
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.[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 ; [when?] they have five children.[5]
Business life
Lynda Mead Shea is president of Shea Design & French Country Imports in Memphis, Tennessee.[6][7]
References
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ "1960". Time. September 21, 1959. 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.
- ^ http://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/}- #23
- ^ 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.
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