Valerie Hart Darden, 55, of Franklin, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin. A funeral will be held at noon, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, in the chapel of Crocker Funeral Home officiated by the Rev. Anthony Copeland. Interment will be in Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 5103 Summer Garden Place, Suffolk. Condolences may be extended to the family at www.crockerfuneralhome.com