Loris M. Shreve, 91, of Upper Tract passed away Oct. 24, 2026, at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg.
She was born Feb. 8, 1935, in Smoke Hole and was the daughter of the late Vernon Jefferson Kimble and Glona Lessie Alt Kimble.
Mrs. Shreve was a 1953 graduate of Franklin High School.
She, along with her husband, Alonzo Elwood Shreve, owned and operated Shreve’s Store from 1957 to 2017.
She enjoyed yodeling, especially with the bands at the store on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. She produced a CD which she sold at the store and even had some Europeans come to purchase her CD. Tending her flowers was also a favorite pastime.
On Jan. 23, 1953, she married her husband, Alonzo Shreve, who preceded her in death on June 11, 2020.
Surviving are two daughters, Amy Shreve (Fred Mallow) of Upper Tract and Carolyn Shreve Ritter of Yulee, Florida; a son, Roy A. Shreve (Nancy) of Upper Tract; two brothers, Loyen Kimble (Shirley) of Augusta and Luther Kimble of Alexandria, Virginia; five grandchildren, Sharon Michael (Tyson), Barb Feaster, Garry Simmons, Doug Simmons, and Samuel Wood (Ryan); six great-grandchildren, Brooklyn, Brittany, Jacqueline, Jacob, Haley and Madison; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by a brother, Ira Vernon Kimble, and six sisters, Iva Arvella Kimble Alt, Lessie Dorothy Kimble Weisenmiller, Willa Ardella Kimble Mowery, Patricia Kimble Groves, Naomi Kimble Malick and Vertie Kimble, an infant.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Shreve Family Cemetery with Pastor Mike Loudermilk officiating.
Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.kimblefuneralhome.com.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin.
