Mr. Steven Dorman (Donnie) Surles, age 47, of Metter, Ga., died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at Candler County Hospital, in Metter, after a brief illness with COVID-19 and pneumonia.
He was a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and lived there until moving to Lyons in 2002 and then to Metter in 2013.
He was the former co-owner of Tech Savvy Computer Repair, in Statesboro, Ga. and was employed as a computer support technician at Optim Medical Center, in Reidsville, Ga.
He was a Baptist by faith, enjoyed playing the guitar; his dogs, Walter and Lucy; and spending time with his family.
He is preceded in death by his father, Julius Dorman (Donnie) Surles; maternal grandparents, the Reverend George Coursey and Ava Coursey, of Lyons, Ga.; and paternal grandparents, Dorman W. Surles and Emmitt Jarvis Surles, of Madison.
His family includes his wife, Melissa LeBlanc Surles; two children, Jason Surles and Marlee Surles; and his mother, Peggy Coursey Surles, all of Metter; one sister, Donna Surles, and husband, Glenn Hargis, of Jacksonville; two nephews; and one niece.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. at the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home, of Vidalia, Ga. Burial followed in the Lyons City Cemetery.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home, of Vidalia was in charge of arrangements.