Eleanor Jennings Leslie

Mrs. Eleanor Jennings Leslie, age 94, of Ocean Springs, MS, formerly of Ethel, MS, died peacefully at the Ocean Springs Hospital on Thursday, April 14, 2016. Mrs. Leslie was preceded in death by her parents, Mattie and Colin Jennings; her sister, Charlotte Elkin; her brother, John Jennings; and her husband, William H. "Bill" Leslie, Jr. She is survived by her son, Don Leslie and wife, Valerie; grandchildren, Melaina and Micah and wife, Courtney; great-grandchildren, Braxton, Brayden, Dominic, and Levi. Eleanor and Billy were long-time residents of Ethel, where he was a rural mail-carrier and she served as a clerk in the post office. Through the years, she worked in the school as a teacher's aide and a substitute teacher. Both she and Billy were active members of Ethel Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school, worked with Bible School, and for years and served on the flower committee, providing arrangements for the church. Visitation will be held from 12-2 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. in the chapel with burial to follow in the Stonewall Cemetery, next to her husband. Memorials may be made in her honor to Ethel Baptist Church.