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	Lottie	Tripp	10	6	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Allen, Jr.	9	20	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Walter	Ray	3	14	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emma	Figley	4	4	1966	SJ	13	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	PERCY	r.	2	5	1952	SJ	9	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry		7	29	1902	NBWJ	4	4	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Bernard		5	29	1941	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles		3	18	1865	CartONS	2	2	newspapers#oldns
Smith	Fenner		6	22	1922	MNB	1	1-7	newspapers#mnb
Smith	James	Odis	10	23	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Louis	William	10	16	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Curts	1	20	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Walter	Ray	3	14	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Edward "Chuck"	3	30	1949	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Matilda	Kellum	1	18	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jeffrey	E.	7	16	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles		1	8	1885	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Fenner		6	22	1922	SJ	3	3,4	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Oliver	2	1	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Louise	Cooper	7	27	1968	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Earl, Jr.	5	9	1977	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Walter	Wooten	9	11	1982	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Greg		2	14	2018	SJ	B8	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Herbert	6	3	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alma	Taylor	10	27	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj