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	Hattie	Meadows	1	7	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph	"Joe" C.	5	16	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary Lee	Parker	2	8	2002	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lamb	Tootie, Jr.	6	25	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bennie		12	14	1934	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Matthew		11	10	1949	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jonas		11	22	1885	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Polly	Ann	12	21	1886	NBDJ	3	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Mary		5	23	1940	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	D.	W.	6	12	1894	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Susan	C. (Mrs. W.W.)	2	14	1928	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ben	Moses, Jr.	10	10	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Victor [died 10/12/1980]	4	28	1981	SJ	1A	4-6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Allena	Lawrence	3	26	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Doris		3	25	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Haywood	Alton	3	1	1976	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph		3	17	1859	DP	2	2	newspapers#dp
Smith	Matilda	Fannie Hatch	2	21	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shelby	C.	12	13	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Freeman	R.	11	30	1954	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	H.	3	18	1910	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Abbie	T. (Mrs. W.T.)	4	6	1906	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Joseph	A., Mrs.	11	24	1885	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Linwood		1	15	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Allena	Lawrence	3	25	1986	SJ	5A	--	newspapers#sj