James C. "Jimmy" Darby, 79, of Bethany, Texas passed away on January 1, 2014 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Funeral services for Mr. Darby will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Bethany Baptist Church will Rev. Jim Walsh and Rev. Keith Payne officiating. Interment will follow in the Panola Mt. Zion Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m., Friday, January 3rd at the Downs Funeral Home. Jimmy Darby was born on September 8, 1934 in Marshall, Texas to Jesse Curtis Darby, Jr. and Ruby Aline Murrell Darby. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School and graduated from L.S.U. where he received a degree in Animal Science. He served in the U.S. Army in the 1950's where he was stationed in Germany, and later stationed in Lebanon at a field hospital as part of a U.N. Peacekeeping Force. He was a member and deacon at Bethany Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday school. He was a cattleman and rancher, and also a partner in the Sale Barns in Marshall and Carthage. Jimmy also served on the Elysian Fields School Board. He married Carolyn Coleman on July 19, 1986 in Waskom. Surviving Mr. Darby are his wife of twenty-seven years, Carolyn Coleman Darby of Bethany, Texas; children, Tony Dean Darby and wife Linda of Godley, Texas, Tonya Darby Smith and husband Robert C. of Conroe, Texas, Christi Darby Faccinto of Nashville, Tennessee, Laura L. Ditmore of Austin, Texas, Rebecca Ann Mayfield and husband Chris of Wills Point, Texas, and Mary Caroline Gill and husband Brian of Boca Rotan, Florida. Also surviving Mr. Darby are eleven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister. The family request memorials be made to Bethany Baptist Church, PO Box 489, Bethany, Louisiana 71007.