American beauty pageant contestant
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] 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]
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 ISBN 9781617034398 ^ Eagles, Charles W. (2009). The Price of Defiance 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 .
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