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	Martha	Thomas	6	4	1937	Tribune	2	6,7	newspapers#Trib
Smith	Sam	A.	8	28	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Woodrow	Wilson	10	13	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fred	Scott	7	8	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	H.	9	15	1924	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nika	J.	12	13	2017	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Major	"Ned"	4	13	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Cora		1	23	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Golden	Jones	10	17	1972	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Green	11	20	1934	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Smith	Martin	L.	9	20	1894	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Sam	L.	1	3	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Xennie	Meadows	12	30	1950	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	W.	R.	8	13	1903	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	John	H.	9	17	1924	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Vernon	5	28	2017	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Burns		10	16	1883	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Nancy	Carolyn	5	14	1939	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith		(four children of Philip Smith)	6	21	1828	Sentinel	3	3	newspapers#cc
Smith	Cora		1	25	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	H.	9	16	1924	MNB	1	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Marvin		2	17	1987	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sam	L.	1	4	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Xennie	Meadows	1	1	1951	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Martha		4	27	1932	MNB	2	5	newspapers#mnb