Former Miss America, Humanitarian Dies at 77

Former Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley Collins has died after a battle with breast cancer. She was 77.

Mobley Collins graduated from Ole Miss in 1958, the same year she won the Miss America title. She went on to appear in movies with Elvis Presley and make documentary films around the world.

Some of her on screen credits include "General Hospital" and "Perry Mason," and films such as "Girl Happy" with Presley and "Three on a Couch" with Jerry Lewis.

While she was working on that film she met her husband, actor Gary Collins, who died in 2012.

Mobley Collins and her husband were also active humanitarians.The couple supported organizations such as the March of Dimes and the United Cerebral Palsy Association.

Mobley Collins is survived by daughters Clancy Collins White and Melissa Collins, son Guy William Collins, sister Sandra Young, and two grandsons.

Services were planned for Monday in Jackson, Mississippi.