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	Bessie	Thorn	4	2	1979	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Em		12	30	1886	NBWJ	2	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	J.	H.	6	9	1925	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Lena	Sheppard	4	6	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ola	Jordan	8	7	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	William, Jr.	8	22	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margaret	Elizabeth	6	29	1985	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elza	M.	3	16	1962	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eleanor	Frances	7	23	1930	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Benjamin	C.	8	15	1883	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Dameon	Deandra	2	12	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Linwood		1	18	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Betsey	Van Pelt	11	10	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emanuel		5	31	1968	SJ	15	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	H.	7	14	1940	Tribune	3	5	newspapers#trib
Smith	Lena	Sidberry	4	3	1989	SJ	A10	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Olive	Ruth Hearn	6	16	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thos.		10	19	1858	DP	2	1	newspapers#dp
Smith	Paul	A.	6	9	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hull	Bryden	1	13	1962	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lilla	Mary Mitchell	7	26	1956	SJ	7	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Taft		6	27	1933	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Smith		[mother of E.W. Smith]	1	27	1905	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Reuben	T.	4	7	1935	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	Wilbert	9	26	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj