For Ms. Felipa de Jesus Pandy, living is a passion. She was born on February 5, 1929, at her grandmother’s home in Diamond Rock. Her father, Edwin Matute Tennison, was a farmer, and her mother, Katherine Matute Hernández, was a homemaker from Politilly.
For a long time now, Santos Guardiola has been the forgotten, ugly sister of Roatan. But lately, that forgotten sister has been getting an increasing number of suitors asking for a dance.
Mrs. Clara has a direct, piercing look and a wide smile. She rolls her graying hair between her fingers. Mrs. Clara looks well less than her 90 years.
Mr. Samuel Eliza Barnett Laurence was born in his grandmother house in Diamond Rock on October 7, 1932. His parents were Petrona Solarzano Laurence, a housekeeper, and Robert Barnett. “He used to blow the clarinet,” remembers his father Mr. Samuel.
If you are living on or visiting the island of Roatan you have undoubtedly noticed the condition of our “highway.”