Joyce A. Darby
June 4, 1953 - December 16, 2018
Joyce A. Darby, 65, of Freedom, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018, in Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver. Born June 4, 1953, in Beaver Falls, a daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Strother Berry, she was a homemaker and housewife. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Freedom, a former member of the Second Baptist Church in Rochester and prior to her illness she was a founding mother of the City of Refuge Community Church in Cleveland, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Darby Sr., in 2010; a brother, Van Berry, and two sisters, Roxie Berry and Sharon Tucker. Surviving are one son, Rev. James R. Smith-Darby Jr., and his husband, Tommy S. Smith-Darby, Cleveland, Ohio, and his children, Zion J. Kolodynski-Darby, Emily R. Smith-Darby, and Dallas Smith-Darby; two daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce Lynn and Leon Darby-Winbush, Freedom, and her daughter, Pennie N. Winbush, and Sha-Vonne N. and Brandon Goosby McArdle, Beaver Falls, and her children, Dominic J. and Justin D. McArdle; five brothers, Ray Berry and Terry Berry, Akron, Ohio; Robert Berry, Beaver Falls; and Phillip and Frank Berry, New Brighton; and stepmother, Rosella Rutledge, Cleveland, Ohio. Friends will be received Friday from 3 to 4 p.m. in WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, with a service following. Her son, the Rev. James R. Smith-Darby. will officiate. Inurnment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Freedom
Joyce A. Darby, 65, of Freedom, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018, in Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver. Born June 4, 1953, in Beaver Falls, a daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Strother Berry, she was a homemaker and housewife. She was... View Obituary & Service Information