Wal-Mart has been in Clarksville for more than 30 years and employs 65 people there. Many of the employees will get severance packages or offers to transfer to other Wal-Mart stores.

For the people of Clarksville, they'll have to find another place to shop.

City officials said Wal-Mart has been dissatisfied with the store's amount of business for years. Community leaders who have been fighting the closure started a petition and wrote letters to Wal-Mart headquarters trying in vain to convince them to keep the store open.

"Wal-Mart has been part of the community for the last 30 years. We toiled hard with this decision," Wal-mart spokesman Daniel Morales said.

Clarksville City Manager Doug Smith said the good news from the closure is that it gives a smaller retailer a chance to come into town.