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	Nika		12	10	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Doris	D. (Mrs. Clennie Lee)	3	18	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mack, Mrs.	G.	4	8	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Royal, Jr.	[and crew of boat Lady Mary]	5	6	2009	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence	G.	6	7	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	Adam	1	18	1974	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marcus	B, Mrs.	1	29	1928	MNB	5	7	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Betty	Mae	10	27	1967	SJ	13	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ruby	Morgan	7	25	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	L.	2	24	1975	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lea		8	12	1964	SJ	18	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hannah		6	3	1960	SJ	7	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sylvia		10	4	1955	SJ	10	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Thomas	8	30	1954	SJ	6	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frank	W.	7	27	1935	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Esther	Brown	7	17	1942	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Callie		2	18	1940	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Tarzon	James	3	27	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Timothy	[and crew of boat Lady Mary]	5	6	2009	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nina	Helen	3	10	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	Gardner. Jr.	12	6	2020	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sara	Roberts	1	8	2022	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarsie Mae	Credle	12	28	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	Gardner	9	22	1981	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Johhnie	Mae Cox	3	7	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj