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	Reba	Barfield	6	30	1960	SJ	11	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clara	Ann	10	12	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John		2	8	1928	SJ	6	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fannie	Olivia Brown	12	22	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Albert		12	15	1864	NCT	2	3	newspapers#nct
Smith	David	Earl	4	28	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	U.	4	21	1914	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Mary	H. (Mrs. Samuel E.)	8	26	1843	Newbernian	3	5	newspapers#nbw
Smith	Sarah	M.	2	3	1916	SJ (sw)	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jesse	J.	7	18	1963	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sally	Powell	10	10	1960	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary		3	11	1931	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Martha		4	26	1932	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Laura	M.	7	22	1952	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marcus		7	30	1936	SJ	8	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thelma	Avery	5	29	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charlotte	Leggett	10	11	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Julia		12	29	1893	NBDJ	3	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Garland	Wayne	2	28	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Clinton	11	4	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ben	Moses, Jr.	10	7	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Albert		1	28	1982	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	David	John	6	19	1951	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	W.	7	25	1869	NBDJC	3	4	newspapers#djc
Smith	Mary	Harrell	2	6	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj