The Maryville Daily Times reports today that Neill-Sandler Ford as notified employees that the dealership is closing [1]. According to the article, the service department will close in approx. one week and the sales department will close when all used vehicles are liquidated, approx. 90 days. The property will be sold.
There were rumors about this on a Knoxville chat board [2] back in May. I though it was BS. But according to the article, ownership was notified several months ago that they were being targeted by Ford Motor Co. for closure.