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	Donald	Ray	8	28	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jesse		3	15	1945	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Richard	James, Jr.	12	28	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rebecca		2	20	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Edward	7	1	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frank	W., Mrs.	10	31	1922	MNB	6	1	newspapers#mnb
Smith	James	Vernon	3	7	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Luther		10	12	1934	Tribune	1	4,5	newspapers#trib
Smith	William		11	2	1927	MNB	1	7	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Lillian	Mae Lawrence	3	30	1964	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Laura	W.	7	2	1962	SJ	10	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Raymond		8	15	1908	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Lamb		3	25	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	E.	3	31	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Edward	7	5	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frankie		2	21	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Victor	10	14	1980	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Luther	B.	1	27	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Taylor	3	24	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William		12	21	1933	Tribune	4	7	newspapers#trib
Smith	Anna	Lou	3	22	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary Kate	Flowers	4	29	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Willis		7	10	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Patricia	(Mrs. Larry Murrell, Jr.)	10	31	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Edward	7	6	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj