Sam C. Davis, 72, Bourbon, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening at 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, with his family at his side.

Mr. Davis was born Dec. 13, 1945 in Warsaw, to John W. (Ted) and Glendora Lesh Davis and was a lifelong resident of the area. As a graduate of Warsaw High School in 1964, he continued his education by attending Indiana State University, Ball State University, and obtaining his Master’s Degree from Saint Frances College.

He taught and coached for many years at Triton High School, most notably coaching wrestling, for which he was a Hall of Fame inductee. While at Triton, he also coached football and track, and was a driver’s education instructor. Mr. Davis was an intricate part of the Tech Club, building Super Mileage Challenge cars at Triton High School. Most recently, he was an assistant wrestling coach at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School and High School. He worked on and drove race cars in multiple divisions at tracks throughout the Midwest and enjoyed spending time with his extended racing family.

Sam Davis married the love of his life from college, Virginia Seybold, on Jan. 27, 1968, in Terre Haute.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 50 years and his brother, John W. Davis Jr. of Warsaw. Other survivors include niece, Cindy (Joe) Kimmel of Mentone and children, Sam (RaeAnne) Kimmel and Barbie Kimmel (fiancé Clayton Maynard); niece, Sandy (Clay) Layne of Warsaw and daughters, Allison and Brooklynn; and nephew, John W. (Holly) Davis III of Brownsburg and daughter, Brianna. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister-in-law, Barbara Davis.

Mr. Davis was one who always thought of the other person. He would frequently extend a helping hand to someone with the simple expectation that the recipient reach back and extend that helping hand to someone else in need of help in the future.

A time of visiting with the Davis family will be held in the Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, 115 S. Main Street, Bourbon, IN 46504 from 3-7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10. Pastor David Martin will conduct the funeral service beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, also at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, immediately following visitation. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bourbon.

The Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements for the Davis family.

The Davis family requests memorial contributions in Sam Davis’ name be given to: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 or a Cancer fund of your choice.