Christine Alice VanderVen Longyear, age 88, of Smyrna, TN, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 8, 2017. A native of Holland, Michigan, she was preceded in death by her parents, James H. and Joanna Deckker VanderVen, and her loving husband, Boyd David Longyear.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna.                 Brother Henry Van Kluyve will officiate. Burial will be in Mapleview Cemetery.

Mrs. Longyear is survived by her son, David Longyear of Smyrna; daughter, Miriam Parsley and her husband, Larry of Murfreesboro; grandchildren, Joshua Frazier, and Caleb Frazier and his wife Cacey J.; great-grandchild, Cadence Frazier; and sister, Ruth Schuring and her husband William of Byron Center, MI.

Mrs. Longyear was a member of First United Methodist Church in Smyrna. She was a retired nurse at the VA Hospital.

Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

Memorials in memory of Mrs. Longyear can be made to the Parkway Baptist Church Building Fund or to Alive Hospice of Nashville.

Visitation will be Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna.