Returning to this, may help someone down the road.
We ended up staying at Bell's Marina Resort at Eutaw Springs. The motel has been redone & in good shape, plenty of linens, quality towels, clean and stocked. Store is well stocked with bait and tackle as well as other necessaries. Restaurant was pretty good, had a good burger and a good Philly Cheese steak. The people were very nice and seemed genuinely interested in keeping you happy. Looks overall like so many places, popular back in the day then years of neglect. Now they (apparent new owners) are fixing things up. Calling it a "resort" is a bit of a stretch at this point, but then, I'm not exactly sure what defines a "resort". Eutaw creek offered pretty much any water you want, shallow, flooded timber, deep channel & opens to the big water.