His death certificate states Samuel Jones, age 64, born 12 March 1873 in Ky, died 2 June 1937 in Forge Hill, Bath Co., Ky, farmer, widowed, father John K. Jones, mother Nancy Riddle, both born in Ky, cause of death suicide by hanging, informant Mrs. Enoch Sorrell, Owingsville, burial in Old Virginia graveyard. (The informant is his sister Irena.)