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	Jim		7	29	1913	Sun (sw)	4	4	newspapers#sws
Smith	Roy	Earl, Jr.	2	14	2002	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	J., Jr.	4	11	1977	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Simon	W.	7	2	1959	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nettie	Rebecca	4	19	1932	MNB	8	5	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Jimmie	Lewis	6	8	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Geo.	S.	3	12	1884	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Marshall	Stewart	2	1	2025	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Smith	Chryal	M.	1	25	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George		8	31	1872	NBDT	1	4	newspapers#nbdt
Smith	Jim		10	9	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Roy	McClinton	5	31	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	J., Jr.	4	12	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	GERALD	Thomas	4	20	1966	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hannah		6	1	1960	SJ	14	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	William		12	8	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ludwell		3	25	2017	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Anna	(Mrs. C.C.)	5	29	1903	NBWJ	4	4	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Jobe	[see also Jabez Smith]	1	21	1898	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Jeffrey	Lamont	8	16	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Heber		1	10	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clair	Eugene	12	11	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George		4	10	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jimmy	C.	2	25	1988	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marcella	Hrabek	1	10	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj