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	Rufus		3	5	1931	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	A.	12	16	1945	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Royal, Jr.	[and the crew of the boat Lady Mary]	5	8	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Flossie	S.	10	22	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Howard	1	31	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith		[4 yr. old son of Ollie Smith]	1	29	1928	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Cora	Ann	12	27	1873	RC	3	2	newspapers#rnc
Smith	Grace	G.	8	26	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	H.	9	17	1924	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Marvin	D.	10	21	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Zeb		6	23	1926	MNB	1	2,3	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Leona	L.	11	19	1970	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence		1	5	1947	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Louis	Earl	2	20	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Timothy	[and the crew of the boat Lady Mary]	5	8	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Archie	Sall	1	31	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith		[child of Joseph A. Smith]	10	8	1885	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Cora	Hubbard	11	19	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Grace	S.	1	11	2004	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	H.	11	6	1974	SJ	A2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marvin	Ronald	1	7	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Zedic		7	6	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Laura	Jean McCoy	7	1	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lena	Rivers Pollock	5	10	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Luther	William, Jr.	10	5	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj