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	Mark	Thomas	11	30	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sadie	McLacklan	2	18	1977	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Willie	Nathaniel "Bate"	5	14	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lillian	Jane	6	22	1961	SJ	14	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shawn	Jermaine	4	13	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Preston	H.	1	24	1948	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lelia		9	3	2007	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith		[4 Smith men drowned in 1899 hurricane]	8	22	1899	NBDJ	4	3,4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Freda	Meranda	4	10	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lester	Bryan	4	1	2011	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	, Dr.	[Presbyterian minister]	12	1	1897	ECN	5	3	newspapers#ecn
Smith	Clyde		9	18	1884	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Gertrude	Gaskill	9	9	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	E.	1	10	1979	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Martha	Bass	12	3	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sadie	Ne	8	19	1933	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Willie	Nathaniel "Bate"	5	11	1987	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Guion		3	11	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Stephen		2	14	1966	SJ	13	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	E.	5	23	1932	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Royal, Jr.	"Bobo"	3	31	2009	SJ	A1, A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clyde		7	26	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gertrude	Gaskill	9	10	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Eldridge	1	11	1979	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Martha	Bass	12	4	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj