Leesville Methodist Episcopal Church South began about 1909. Some of the members came from the following families: Abbott, Anglin, Arnett, Barfield, Beard, Bennett, Blansit, Bloodsworth, Boone, Brown, Burns, Campbell, Cleveland, Cummer, Drake, Ethridge, Featherston, Ford, Gsur, Gunn, Hancock, Henry, Kirk, Mixon, Munday, Pendleton, Pointer, Register, Robertson, Rucker, Sayles, Schooler, Stanford, Stinson, Stribling, Styles, Swim, Thompson, Tober, Weir, Williams, Wilson, Winn, Wright, and Young.

Some of the pastors included:

J. F. Tyson, 1909

H. D. Huddleston, 1911

C. B. Diltz, 1913

W. H. Keener, 1917

John A. Walkup, 1919

R. H. Heizer, 1921

Ernest Roper, 1922

Ben S. Crow, 1923

A. G. Hulme, 1924