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etc. When Carlos and Alma Vest married, they lived on the old homestead with Forest. Their firstborn child was born in this house, as was their second child, Rosa. The firstborn died (cause unknown at this time) and is buried in the family cemetery near the house. The house, according to Aunt Clara (she remembers going there as a child), was a typical house of the day:	Central hall,
two rooms on each side, kitchen out back. When Forest became emancipated, he sold the homestead which he inherited from Victor, to Vincent and Aunt Babe Moran. (Attached is a picture of Vincent Moran and the house he built on the property.) Carlos and Alma then moved to the Point (property directly in back of the Morans on Railroad Ave). There was a road that ran from Lower Bay Road to Railroad Avenue through their property. There was also an old pole bridge in the back across the marsh.
VICTOR LADNER, JR. CEMETERY
Victor Ladner, my great-grandfather, is buried on the old homestead property in Lakeshore, Mississippi. He has a Civil War headstone (see attached picture of it) having served in Co. E, 3rd Miss. Infantry. He was also a prisoner of war. (Attached are his Civil War records.) He is buried next to Winnie Yarborough, his wife.
Also buried in the cemetery are Aunt Jennie and baby (Uncle Dan's first wife), Aunt Laura & Uncle Sam's two children, Mrs. Susie Green (Jake Green's mother), and firstborn daughter and last born son of Carlos and Alma Vest. Aunt Babe was also buried there, but has been moved.
Aunt Rose and Aunt Clara used to take care of the cemetery throughout the years. There was once a fence around the whole thing. The last time we were out there, which was approximately 1984, there was one fence post remaining. The headstone of Victor and the cross headstone of Winnie are the only visible graves.
Access to the cemetery is Lower Bay Road west to Lauren Reed Road, veer left when you get to the house, and follow dirt road just past the house. The cemetery is located on the right. Don Jost now owns the property.
ELIZABETH WINNIE YARBOROUGH
The Yarboroughs were from Marion County, Mississippi. Winnie's father was William Yarborough, Jr., mother Mary Ann Fornea. Mary Ann Fornea was born 1828 and died in the early 1900s. She is buried in Bayou Caddy Cemetery. There is no tomb, probably destroyed by the 1947 Tidal wave. Only the iron fence that had enclosed the graves -- those of Mary Ann and her second husband --remain (according to information I have). William, born 1821, died 1885. Mary Ann and William were divorced on July 27,	1874.
Hancock Records show that William Yarborough then married a Mrs.