NITRO, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Some customers say they first found out about Fruth Pharmacy selling all pharmacy practices to Walgreens while picking up prescriptions on Wednesday.

“I was shocked,” Cheri Smith, a longtime customer at Fruth, said." “I hate to see Fruth go. Nitro is gonna really miss them.”

Fruth announced all of its practices would be sold to Walgreens next month.

For more than 70 years, families have relied on Fruth for getting prescriptions and convenience items.

People, including Cheri Little, said it’s a place full of memories in communities like Nitro.

“Since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, me and my little sister used to go there all the time when we were kids,” Little said.

Tim Arnott, owner of the Nitro Antique Mall said, “I’ve got a lot of memories from riding my b

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