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	Barbara	Jane	9	22	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence		3	7	1907	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	William	B.	1	22	1943	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Timothy		10	21	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clara	Seifert	3	9	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	A.	5	31	1974	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joe		3	29	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marcellus	Miller "Ellis"	10	18	1936	Tribune	6	3,7	newspapers#trib
Smith	Ruby	Edwards	12	2	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	John, Jr.	11	4	1981	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Merrit	Howell	3	24	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence		3	8	1907	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Daniel		9	7	1905	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Mary	C.	2	16	1953	SJ	7	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Greg		2	17	2018	SJ	A1, A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lindsay		7	5	2020	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dorothy	Mae	8	23	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph		1	18	1972	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence	"Earl"	4	13	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	Adam	1	17	1974	SJ	19	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joe	Channing	1	27	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marcellus	Miller "Ellis"	10	20	1936	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Ruby	Edwards	12	11	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	L.	3	10	1973	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lizzie	Green	3	23	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj