About the same time Mary Ann Mobley was crowned the 1959 Miss America, she was becoming known on the University of Mississippi campus as "queen of the mustard seed necklace." "Every girl at Ole ...

They danced in the streets of Brandon the night one of their own, Mary Ann Mobley, was crowned the 1959 Miss America. "That's not just a saying, that's a fact," said Waymon Tigrett, 70 ...

The Mississippi native appeared opposite Elvis in a pair of 1965 films and was on dozens of TV shows By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Mary Ann Mobley, the dark-haired and wholesome Miss America who ...

Mary Ann Mobley, a raven-haired and statuesque Mississippian who was crowned Miss America in 1958 and parlayed her victory into an acting career, twice appearing in movie musicals starring Elvis ...

LOS ANGELES – A former Miss America who went on to appear in movies with Elvis Presley and make documentary films around the world has died. A spokesman for the University of Mississippi ...

Mary Ann Mobley, who was the first Mississippian to be crowned Miss America and who then parlayed that achievement into a successful movie career, has died. She was 77 and had been battling breast ...

OXFORD, Miss. -- Mary Ann Mobley, the first Miss Mississippi to be crowned Miss America, died at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday after a battle with breast cancer at the age of 75 ...

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 ...