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	Chas.		6	7	1859	DD	3	1	newspapers#dd
Smith	Gencie	Alice	8	10	1968	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jessie	McRoy	7	1	1969	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Malissa		6	20	1950	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Haywood	6	2	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry		10	28	1902	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Chas.		6	7	1859	DP	2	4	newspapers#dp
Smith	Gencie	Alice	8	14	1968	SJ	22	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jessie	Peterson	4	4	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Malissa	Carter	8	15	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Roy		5	30	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Haywood	6	3	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Van	Devon "Peanut"	3	7	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Linda	Robbins	4	6	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lisa	Paulette Collins (Mrs. Lenwood Ray)	8	15	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eloise	Whitley	4	17	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Cherea	O.	10	7	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Geneva		5	29	1969	SJ	15	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jessie	Sutton	11	28	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Roy	Davis	7	19	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Herman	10	10	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lee	Bell	9	15	1965	SJ	20	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Skippard		4	17	1932	MNB	8	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Dan		9	3	1905	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Christopher	Columbus	10	8	1948	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj