Lynda Lee Mead Explained

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.

Shea is president of Shea Design & French Country Imports in Memphis, Tennessee.^[6]

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Web site: Mitchell. Lena. HED:French Country plays dominant role in Interior Design. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. May 30, 2014. April 30, 1998. Web site: 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. May 30, 2014. September 1, 2010.