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	Charlie		7	28	1962	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Noah	Nichols	11	11	1957	SJ	11	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Zeb		6	23	1926	SJ	5	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Saml.	Brown	11	1	1907	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Britton		3	18	1936	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Kayla		2	24	2018	SJ	A7	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bessie	Mae Potter	5	23	1945	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marcellus		5	12	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fannie	Olivia Brown	12	20	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Abraham		6	18	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Daisy	Ollison	9	10	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gwendolyn	Anita	7	15	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	I.	12	20	1916	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Branch	4	4	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Samuel	B.	6	12	1849	Newbernian	2	6	newspapers#nbw
Smith	Mike, Mrs.		3	25	1926	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jesse		4	5	1908	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Sallie	Lane	4	4	1944	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marcellus		5	13	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Abraham		6	19	1982	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dallas	William	7	27	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	H.	B.	1	12	1914	Sun	4	2	newspapers#sun
Smith	John	J.	12	12	1935	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Samuel	B.	6	13	1849	Republican	3	2	newspapers#repw
Smith	Clarence	D.	12	10	2014	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj