Darlene was a loving mother to both her children Donnie and Alicia Rider. She was full of life and lived every minute to the fullest. She was taken from us suddenly and now we are left with an empty place in our hearts that could only be filled by her. She grew up in Connecticut and moved to Florida at the age of twenty where her two children were born. Every person who knew and loved her would say that she was a unique and complex woman. How can we forget the woman who would call the White House if she found something to be morally incorrect in our country? She is survived by her two children, her mother Alice, her brother Micheal, two grandchildren, Isaiah and Kiana Sawyer and anyone else who knew and loved her.