Obituary of Essie Jo Leshe

Please Note Change of Day to Sunday February 21, 2021 Essie Jo Leshe Pearl, MS Essie Jo Leshe, 85, a retired Nurse, died February 13, 2021 at Pearl, MS. Visitation is Sunday February 21, 2021, 1:00 P.M. at Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS. Funeral services are 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Meredith-Nowell Chapel in Clarksdale, MS with burial in the Oakridge Cemetery. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS is handling the arrangements. She loved being a nurse and working with the elderly. Survivors include her sister Jeannette Huggins; grandchildren Philip Arrant, Jessica Arrant, Julie Arrant and great-grandsons Austin and Andrew Arrant. She was preceded in death by her husband Martin Leshe; daughter Meriel Jo Arrant and parents W.H. Cook and Hazel Beatrice Parham Cook.