Lynda Lee Mead

Lynda Lee Mead
Lynda Lee Mead in 1960
Born	(1939-04-17) April 17, 1939 (age 78) Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Mississippi
Occupation	Businesswoman
Title	Miss America 1960
Predecessor	Mary Ann Mobley
Successor	Nancy Fleming
Spouse(s)	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. Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega.

Mead married Dr. John J. Shea, Jr.; they have five children.

Lynda Mead Shea is president of Shea Design & French Country Imports in Memphis, Tennessee.