On 30 June 1938, Samuel Archer Wagoner died at Petersburg Hospital in Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He was male, white, widowed, wife Sally Wagoner; born 28 July 1890; age 47 years, 11 months, 2 days; occupation retail clerk in grocery store; date last worked July 1917 [sic], worked 20 years; born in Richmond, Virginia; father Samuel Archer Wagoner, born in Richmond, Virginia; mother Carrie Leslie Kimbrough, born in Richmond, Virginia; informant Mrs. Henry Battaile of Petersburg, Virginia; burial on 2 July 1938 at Petersburg, Virginia; cause of death apoplexy sudden, arteriosclerosis. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 13169.]