NAPA store has new owner, plans move to new location

October 14, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. | Updated October 14, 2012 at 6:00 a.m.

Robert Wheeler is the new owner and general manager of the NAPA Auto Parts Store at 213 E. 5th St. in Fulton. The store plans to move later this month to 1221 North Bluff St. in Fulton, which was occupied earlier by Miller Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep.
Robert Wheeler is the new owner and general manager of the NAPA Auto Parts Store at 213 E. 5th St. in Fulton. The store plans to move later this month to 1221 North Bluff St. in Fulton, which was occupied earlier by Miller Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep.

As the new owner and general manager of NAPA Auto Parts, 213 E. 5th St. in Fulton, Robert Wheeler plans to expand and move the store to a new Fulton location later this month.

Wheeler said Thursday he purchased the store from Wilber Stahr of Fulton, who had owned the Fulton store for many years.

To enable him to add more products and improved customer service, Wheeler said he plans to start moving the store on Oct. 22 to a new location at 1221 N. Bluff St. in Fulton.

The building to house the new NAPA store was occupied previously by Miller Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep, which moved earlier to 809 S. Westminster Ave. in Fulton.

"We hope to have the new NAPA store open somewhere around Oct. 26. We will have a grand opening later," Wheeler said.

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