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At the age of ten, the Shadd's moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania where Mary attended a Quaker School for the next six years. This experience influence dMary later in life, whereby she returned to this location and opened a school for Black children in 1840.
Mary Ann Mobley, who was crowned Miss America in 1959, died Tuesday in Beverly Hills at age 77. Mary Ann Mobley, who was crowned Miss America in 1959, died Tuesday in Beverly Hills at age 77. Christie D'Zurilla Contact Reporter. Mary Ann Mobley, the first Miss America from Mississippi, has died at age 77. Mary Ann Mobley, who stepped into the spotlight as the first Miss Mississippi to become Miss America and later hit the silver screen opposite Elvis Presley, has died. She was 77. She died Tuesday morning at her Beverly Hills home from complications of breast cancer, her family said in a statement. Mary Ann Mobley, who stepped into the spotlight as the first Miss Mississippi to become Miss America and later hit the silver screen opposite Elvis Presley, has died.