caption predecessor successor children birth_place title birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
lynda lee mead in 1960 mary ann mobley nancy fleming 5 natchez , mississippi , u.s. miss america 1960 17 april 1939 john his death -rrb- j. shea , jr. -lrb- ? -2015 ; lynda lee mead nywts.jpg lynda lee mead
 lynda lee mead businesswoman university of mississippi
lynda lee mead

lynda lee shea -lrb- née mead ; born april 17 , 1939 -rrb- 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 -lrb- the first miss america from mississippi -rrb- , was mead 's sorority sister at chi omega .
