Source: Hope Star-Journal, Obits, compiled by Mildred Dixon Harrod ESSEX, Leonard Five day old son of Leonard and Helen Norris Essex was buried at Hope Saturday following funeral service at the home north of Hope. Hope Star-Journal - Friday, February 3, 1933 Parents of the child were Helen Joan Miller Norris, d/o Maude Rebecca Miller & Roy Norris and Leonard Alvin Essex, s/o Letha Hitchcock & Albert Leonard Essex.