Samuel D. Davis, 37, of Moline passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Rock Island. Sam was born on June 13, 1977, in Moline, a son of Richard H.W. Davis and Donna Jeskie Davis. He had worked as a waiter at the Blue Cat Brew Pub in Rock Island. Sam was a proponent of the gay pride movement. He was a performer, loving music and acting and was a member of the Moline Boys Choir and lead singer for the bands Dirge and Stonefish a few years back.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Donna and David Evans, Coal Valley; stepmother, Ellie Unley Davis, Rock Island; brothers, Benjamin Davis, Spokane, Wash., Douglas Davis, Rock Island, and Thomas Davis, Moline; stepsister, Lynn Evans, East Moline; stepbrothers, Tommy Unley, Rock Island, and Michael Evans, Phoenix; and a very large and loving network of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Sam was preceded in death by his father, Richard; grandparents, Ruth Jeskie Green, Donald Jeskie, Evelyn Davis Stevenson, Harold Davis; and step grandfather, Gerald Green and Frank Stevenson.

He is much loved and will always be remembered by all his friends and family.