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	Polly	Ann	12	23	1886	NBWJ	2	4	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Vera	Armond	5	12	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lawrence	Bernard	10	30	2014	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	R.	Lee	12	25	1943	SJ	7	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Brenda	Carol Reed	1	30	2014	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Blanche	Hanes	10	30	1982	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ernest	Simpson	3	12	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James		7	28	1913	Sun	8	3	newspapers#sun
Smith	Leroy	R.	8	4	1937	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Smith	Polly	Bennett	3	11	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vera	Lancaster	11	16	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margaret	Elizabeth	8	23	1985	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lilla	Mary Mitchell	8	2	1956	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Larry		12	27	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	[husband of Liza J. Smith]	[died in 1899 Hurricane]	5	6	1900	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Hubert	Lane	5	19	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lillian	Battle	2	27	1936	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gregory	Fizgerald	2	13	2018	SJ	A10	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elijah		12	11	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Blanche	Hanes	11	1	1982	SJ	2A	1-2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ersell	L. Jones	5	14	1976	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	James		1	17	1951	SJ	10	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Leroy	R.	8	4	1937	Tribune	6	2,3	newspapers#trib
Smith	Purrington	Durand	2	20	1969	SJ	22	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vera	Lancaster	11	18	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj