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	Woodrow	Allen "Pig"	11	17	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Samuel		11	18	1970	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Murray	J.	2	6	1964	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lizzie	Green	3	26	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charlie		7	25	1962	SJ	16	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ella	S.	8	28	1957	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	W.	R.	8	11	1903	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Stacey	P.	1	1	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elijah	[drowned in 1899 hurricane]	8	23	1899	NBDJ	4	5	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Dorothy	Mae	8	27	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	L.	9	28	1974	SJ	A2	4-5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Colonel	F.	12	9	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Glenda	Flowers	11	16	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Franklin	7	21	1920	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Woodrow	S.	10	15	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Stephen	7	26	1962	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Farrow		12	18	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Samuel	Brown	9	13	1907	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Louis	Earl	2	23	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Barbara		6	21	1971	SJ	9	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Wallace	[drowned in 1899 hurricane]	8	23	1899	NBDJ	4	5	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Donnie	[d. May 2021]	1	14	2022	SJ	1A, 5A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Colonel	F.	12	11	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Glennie	Earl	12	29	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Franklin	4	11	1975	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj