New Bern Obituary Index

The New Bern Obituary Index helps users find obituaries or death notices located in the newspapers of New Bern. The dates given in the index are the dates of the obituary or death notice, not the actual dates of death.

The Obituary Index includes obituaries and death notices from 1751 through the current year.

Also included are several obituary "hoaxes" or death notices of people who were actually still living. Two such cases are the "obituaries" of Jimmie Lillian Roll in 1968 and John Koonce in 1888. For the trivia buff, the shortest name in our database is Ben, a slave, whose death was reported on April 25 and 26, 1848. The longest name in our database is Byron Hiram Ariom Long Myram William John Adrian Livingston Corbett, whose death is reported in the Tribune of August 17, 1935.

Copies of the obituaries or death notices listed in the index can be obtained by sending a check or money order for $2.00 for each notice to:

Kellenberger Room
New Bern-Craven County Public Library
400 Johnson Street
New Bern, NC 28560

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Order by: ID A-Z ID Z-A Published A-Z Published Z-A Last Name A-Z Last Name Z-A First Name A-Z First Name Z-A Middle/Maiden Name A-Z Middle/Maiden Name Z-A Year Min-Max Year Max-Min

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Year	Search	Clear

Records Found: 186286

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Smith	Nathaniel		1	6	1832	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Smith	Thelma	Gardner	3	30	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry	K.	6	1	1964	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Bryan	6	12	1854	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charlie	T.	2	27	1973	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rena		1	3	1948	SJ	2	5 (X 2)	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bobby	Lee	2	27	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry	W., III	11	3	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Timothy	[d. 2009]	8	2	2011	SJ	1,4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Benjamin	J.	5	30	1915	NBDJ	3	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Elizabeth	B. (Mrs. John F.)	6	20	1840	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Smith	Hullah		5	25	1940	Tribune	5	2	newspapers#trib
Smith	L.	A.	10	17	1912	Sun	4	3	newspapers#sun
Smith	Nathaniel		3	16	1832	Spectator	3	2	newspapers#sp
Smith	Theodore		4	1	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charlie		5	28	1963	SJ	12	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Anna	(Mrs. C.C.)	5	28	1903	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Elijah		6	24	1910	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Mary	Jane	5	28	1907	NBWJ	2	5	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Hubert	Thomas "Pappa"	1	9	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alonza	E.	4	27	1947	SJ	7	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Willie	Grant	2	3	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elizabeth	May "Bettie"	1	6	1905	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Tarzon	"Bernie" [d. 2009]	8	2	2011	SJ	1,4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vivian	Elizabeth Garfield	4	2	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ