Loyce Mae Barber, 64, of Darden, died Sunday, November 24, 2002 at Decatur County General Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 26 at 1:00 pm at the First United Pentecostal Church with Reverend Telford Tharp and Reverend Steve Burns officiating. A graveside service was held at 4 pm at the Swiss Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Reverend Bobby Barber of Darden; two sons, James Lynch of Madison, Alabama, and Gregory Lynch of Olive Branch, Mississippi; two step-sons, Bobby and Otto Barber of Collierville; one step-daughter, Anna Porter of Memphis; three brothers, Reverend Telford Tharp of Columbia, James Tharp of Kingsport, and Bill Tharp of Linden; one sister, Evelyn Curtis of Mt. Pleasant; three grandchildren and four step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Escar Tharp; first husband, Gilbert Lynch, and one sister, Betty Tharp.