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	Daughter of	Calvin	5	29	1884	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Hagar	B.	1	22	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	S.	1	27	1918	MNB	4	3	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Mary	Foy	9	7	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ida	Mae DeBruhl [Mrs. Bennie]	6	15	1966	SJ	20	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Enoch		5	4	1933	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carrie	Davis	1	15	1974	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gladys	Mae	1	30	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas		12	5	1886	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	William		11	1	1927	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Early		2	8	1928	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Agnes		1	22	1969	SJ	16	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hagar	B.	1	24	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	U.	4	17	1914	Sun	8	3	newspapers#sun
Smith	Mary	Foy	9	8	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sarah	Jane Bell (Mrs. Benjamin C.)	2	8	1848	Newbernian	3	1	newspapers#nbw
Smith	Charlie	Webster	6	5	1965	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rufus		3	5	1931	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Smith	W.	A.	4	2	1901	NBWJ	1	2	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Harvey		6	7	2020	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Agnes	E.	7	15	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	David		6	4	1867	NBR	3	1	newspapers#nbr
Smith	Hannah		10	31	1855	NBJ	2	5	newspapers#nbj
Smith	John	U.	4	18	1914	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Mary	Gibbs	3	21	1988	SJ	A8	--	newspapers#sj