Mr. Steven Dorman Surles, age 47, of Metter, died Saturday, September 11, 2021 at Candler County Hospital in Metter after a brief illness. He was a native of Jacksonville, Florida, 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 and was employed as a Computer Support Technician at Optim Medical Center in Reidsville. 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 Surles; maternal grandparents, Reverend George Coursey and Ava Coursey; and paternal grandparents, Dorman Surles and Emmitt Jarvis Surles. .
His family includes his wife, Melissa LeBlanc Surles; two children, Jason Surles and Marlee Surles; his mother, Peggy Coursey Surles, all of Metter; one sister, Donna Surles and husband Glenn Hargis of Jacksonville, Florida; two nephews and one niece.
The family will receive friends at Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00.
The funeral service will be held Thursday, September 16th, at 11:00 a.m. at the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Bo Fulginiti officiating. Burial will follow in the Lyons City Cemetery.
