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Upgrades made to Coffeeville park
The Corps of Engineers repainted the bathrooms, placed gravel at the camp sites in the woods, added security lights and increased the electrical output from 30 amp to 50 amp. "We used to have RVs that would drive up to the entrance and then see we only had 30 amps and they'd leave. They needed the 50 amps and now we have it," said Park Attendant Bonita Deas. The Coffeeville park has 32 camp sites. Thirty are camper sites and two are tent sites. They all have electricity and water. Some of the sites are on the river and others are in the woods. Sites on the river are $18 a night and sites in the woods are $16 a night. The gate to the park is opened at 6 a.m. and closed and locked at 10 p.m. An average of 550-600 campers stay at the park every month. "We have had as many as 800 in one month," said Deas. Reservations are already full for spring holidays. During the summer months fewer people go camping because of the heat.
She and her husband, Warren, have been park attendants for five years now. The other attendants, Shirley and Fletcher Cox, have been working at the Coffeeville park for two years. There is another area of the park referred to as the "day use." There is a boat launch on the river and a picnic area for anyone who wants to spend the afternoon by the river and cook out. Mary and Roger Temple of Sandersville, Miss. spend several weeks at the park about two or three times a year. "We've been coming here since we started camping in 2000. We used to come here when it was nothing but a picnic area," Mrs. Temple said. "It's the best site to watch the river traffic, and they have the nicest park attendants." She and her husband both agreed the upgrades had made the park even more inviting. "We have some nice campers to come through here," Deas added.
"Well most campers are nice people," Temple laughed.
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