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Lee's Landing United
Methodist Church
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City |
Lee's Landing |
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Address |
38346 Lee’s
Landing Rd. |
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2003 Membership |
93 |
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Date Founded |
1912 |
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/llumc |
A Union Sunday school was organized
at Lee's Landing in May of 1912. The leader was Rev. T. M. Burgess
... pastor at Amite. Services were held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
in an old rice shed. The building was also used as a school during
the week and for dances on Saturday nights.
Two months later, in July 1912,
Lee's Landing Methodist Episcopal Church was organized with 18 members.
The congregation was served by Rev. T. M. Burgess and Rev. W. T. Currie
until Rev. J. B. Williams was assigned in 1913. It was on the Ponchatoula
circuit, which consisted of 287 members at 6 churches. Services were
held at Lee's Landing on the second and fourth Sundays at 3 in the afternoons.
In 1913, Lucius Perkins and
L.H. "Man" Edwards built the first church on land donated by John Edwards.
The small church (known as the "doll house") was located at the intersection
of Raiford Road and Traino Road.
In 1943, L.H. Edwards donated
the land on which the present church is located. The congregation
had to wait until WWII was over to buy the supplies to build the church.
A new wooden church was built in 1946 under the leadership of pastor A.
W. Coody.
In 1959, the educational building
was constructed under the supervision of C.D. "Pops" Smith. A new
sanctuary was constructed in 1964. The educational wing was added
to the church property in 1980 under the supervision of Arthur Norred,
in memory of Tony Guagliardo. |
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How to Get There:
Head south on I-55 from I-12. Take the Ponchatoula exit and head
east on Hwy 22. After going about a mile, and reaching the RR tracks,
go 7 miles further. Turn right at the Lee’s Landing exit. The
church is almost 2 miles down, on the left side of the road. |
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