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	Timothy		3	27	2009	SJ	A1, A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mahue		5	22	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Geneva		5	31	1969	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jim		5	25	1822	Centinel	3	4	newspapers#cc
Smith	Mamie	Edwards	4	15	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Roy	Davis	7	20	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Herman	10	11	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margaret	A.	3	5	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Reece, Jr.		8	20	2008	SJ	A1, A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Tarzan		3	27	2009	SJ	A1, A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Brent	Alan	3	30	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Christian	E.	10	23	1835	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Smith	Geneva	P.	4	20	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jim		7	26	1913	Sun	5	5,6	newspapers#sun
Smith	Mamie	Patterson	11	29	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Roy	Earl	6	8	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	J.	4	13	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frank		9	15	1961	SJ	11	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry, Mrs.		10	9	1948	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Paul	E.	6	11	1971	SJ	15	5-6	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	G., Jr.	12	5	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ivan	Wesley	2	12	1976	PamNews	2	3	newspapers#pn
Smith	Leo	William	3	7	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emma	Waters	3	27	1967	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	George		11	26	1864	NCT	2	5	newspapers#nct