Pleasant Grove C.M.E. Church

Pleasant Grove C.M.E. Church

Pleasant Grove C.M.E.Church was organized in 1883 in a brush arbor on the hill 1/2 mile northeast of where the church now stands on the west side of the road.
At a prayer meeting, a number of faithful members came together. They hadn't selected a name for their brush arbor church. Brother Andy Bean, Tom Brett, Aniziah King, Will Scott, Savannah Scott, Martha Brett, and a number of others attended. A motion was made by Andy Bean that the church would be called Pleasant Grove and Jake Coffs seconded the motion. Later the brush arbor burned. Church members and friends came together and built their first wooden building that was used for church and school for many  years.
The members bought 3 1/2 acres of land and built a church close to the road, this church is the one that still stands today.
Plesant Grove has over one hundred and twenty years of faithful followers.Sister Leona Allen was called Mother of Pleasant Grove and was faithful to her call. She worked with old and young to help keep the church going.
Leona Allen, Elizabeth McKinney, Lillie Fuller, Susie Woods, Neva Harris, Frances Crosby, Roberta Herron, Buster McKinney, Abner Shaw, Odell Harris, Vernon Scott, Willie Woods, Etta Lewis, plus others were stewards, stewardesses, and missionary workers. Plesant Grove has had over fifty pastors over its long history.