Pickett was a Meth­od­ist evan­gel­ist who con­duct­ed meet­ings in a num­ber of states and at Ho­li­ness camp­grounds. He and his wife Lu­die served in north­east Tex­as, Co­lum­bia, South Car­o­li­na and pos­si­bly else­where, be­fore set­tling in Wil­more, Ken­tucky. The two of them were pro­mi­nent lo­cal play­ers in the found­ing of As­bury Coll­ege in Wil­more in 1890, and Le­an­der served as the fi­nan­cial agent of the board of trust­ees for ma­ny years. The Picketts al­so helped by board­ing young min­is­try stu­dents from As­bu­ry, among whom was mis­sion­a­ry E. Stan­ley Jones. In 1905, a pray­er meet­ing among the stu­dents at the Pick­ett home spilled out to the As­bury cam­pus in a re­viv­al that spread around the town of Wil­more. Per­haps the Pick­etts’ great­est gift to the world was their son, J. Was­kom Pick­ett, who at­tend­ed As­bu­ry Coll­ege and be­come a mis­sion­a­ry to India, ris­ing as high as Bi­shop of the Meth­od­ist Church in In­dia.

Pickett’s works in­clude:

• Cheerful Songs, with John Swe­ney & Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pick­ett Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1891)
• Tears and Tri­umphs No. 2, with M. W. Knapp (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: M. W. Knapp, 1897)
• The Bless­ed Hope of His Glor­i­ous Ap­pear­ing, 1901
• Tears and Tri­umphs No. 3, with E. A. Hoff­man & O. B. Cul­pep­per (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: cir­ca 1902)
• Careful Cull­ings for Child­ren, with his wife Lu­die, 1903
• Tears and Tri­umphs No. 4, with Will­iam Marks & B. F. Butts (Louis­ville, Ken­tucky: Pen­te­cost­al Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1910)
• Gems No. 2, with O. B. Cul­pep­per (Louis­ville, Ken­tucky: The Pick­ett Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1904)
• Cream of Song, with O. B. Cul­pep­per & Will­iam Marks (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pick­ett Pub­lish­ing Co., 1906)
• Songs and Say­ings for You (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pen­te­cost­al Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1911)
• Victorious Songs (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pen­te­cost­al Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1915)
• Songs of Glad­ness and Praise, with R. E. Mc­Neill & M. G. Stand­ley (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: God’s Bi­ble School and Re­viv­al­ist, 1926)

1. Hallelujah! Je­sus Saves Me
2. It Is for Us All To­day
3. Some Mo­ther’s Child
4. Wonderful Sto­ry of Love

1. Blessèd Be the Name
2. Christ in the Storm
3. Ever For­ward! Up and On­ward
4. Healing Wa­ters, The
5. Heidelberg
6. I Dreamed That the Great Judg­ment Morn­ing
7. Midnight Cry, The
8. Speak to My Soul