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	Doris	Carpenter	7	10	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hazel Jane	Jones	11	4	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph		7	3	1884	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Matilda	H.	2	17	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shelby	Jean	12	6	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charlie		11	30	1970	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Betty	Mercer	5	24	1962	SJ	13	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Pauline	Compton (Mrs. James Marvin)	11	12	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Major		12	21	1886	NBDJ	3	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Tarzon	James "Bernie Mac"	4	2	2009	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marian	Janet Jerkins	2	23	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alone		4	24	1979	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Doris	M.	11	10	1975	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Heather	J.	1	2	1974	SJ	24	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph		11	12	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Matilda	Johnson	5	8	1978	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shelby	L.	12	14	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dorothy	Hamilton	9	8	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Walter	James	7	2	1960	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fannie	(Mrs. T.S.)	2	21	1906	NBDJ	2	5	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Kelly		6	4	1943	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Monroe	8	7	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alonza	T.	4	1	1969	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Helen		1	21	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph		9	12	1973	SJ	10	6	newspapers#sj