Standard Fruit Company – PÄYÄ The Roatan Lifestyle Magazine

The Flowers Bay Storyteller

Mrs. Dellis Lois Stewart Bennett was born on May 3, 1929, at her parents’ home in Cohune Ridge neighborhood of Flowers Bay. She was the third of 11 children born to Leah Stewart and Wolney Bennett. Her mother was a seamstress making men’s shirts and

July 8, 2024

Manatees and Crocodiles

The manatees and crocodiles that were once prevalent in the waters around the Bay Islands are now mainly found in the protected area of Cuero y Salado. The park is 20 miles from Utila and 40 miles from Roatan. In 2010, Utila welcomed back some

October 23, 2023

Seven Lives of Mr. Austin

Austin Lee Bodden Gabourel was born on January 17, 1933, in Utila. He was the fourth of eight children of Annie Elizabeth Bodden Gabourel from Belize and John Alonso Bodden from Cayman Islands.

May 30, 2023

Curious History of Honduras in World War II (Part 1 of 2)

Honduras provided vital fruit produce to US markets that became a target of German submarines. In the early months of World War II, Germany set about attacking allied merchant shipping in the Caribbean.

February 18, 2022

A Soft Spoken Utilian

Born on July 29, 1928. Annie Elizabeth Bodden is a quintessential, old school Utilian: soft spoken, witty and tough.

February 17, 2020

Victor Ley Jones of Jonesville Point

Victor Ley Jones, of Jonesville Point, recently celebrated his 98 birthday at home in the company of his loved ones.

July 5, 2019

Patriarch of French Cay

Nelson Jackson, the son of Oliver Jackson and Leona Jackson nee McNab, was born on July 22, 1928 in a wooden house on a Roatan hill facing big French Cay.

March 11, 2019

The Centenarian of Oak Ridge

With a smile that could brighten the cloudiest of days, Mrs. Avis Morgan Bodden, who recently celebrated her 101 birthday, is like a ray of sunshine.

December 14, 2018

Roatan Fruit Box

For over half a century Honduras was the biggest exporter of bananas to the United States, shipping over 12 million stems per year. The peak production decades for Roatan and The Bay Islands were the 1920s and 1930s, but it all started in 1876.

October 11, 2018

Eyes Looking East

She sits on her rocking chair looking at the Oak Ridge valley her family owned for almost 200 year, her gray hair blowing in the wind as she looks east towards the oak trees moving in the breeze.

August 15, 2018

Roatan’s Beauty, Truth & Wisdom