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	James	E.	5	25	1932	MNB	7	8	newspapers#mnb
Smith	William	N.	12	21	1933	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Edward		5	22	1934	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Henry	10	1	1897	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Calvin		5	14	1896	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Donald		8	24	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Evelyn Wilson (Mrs. William R. "Willie")	8	6	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bertha	Mae Hardy	8	18	1989	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elma	Chanetta	6	19	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ivan	Shane	1	8	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lauretta	Bryant	4	28	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Noah	Herbert	1	28	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	George	6	20	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Allen	12	1	1964	SJ	5	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Susie	Elizabeth	2	1	1963	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Leon	Carraway	10	19	1963	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Michael		2	2	1986	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Daniel		2	13	1912	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Evelyn	Wilson (Mrs. William R. "Willie")	8	6	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	William, III "Billy"	8	25	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bertha	Taylor	11	22	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elma	Chanetta	6	21	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ivan	Wesley	2	4	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Leamon		7	14	1981	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Noah	Herbert, Jr.	3	19	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj