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	Matthew	Wilson	2	5	1968	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shelby Jean	Carter	12	16	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ada		10	13	1961	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	T.	S., Mrs.	3	11	1931	MNB	3	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	John	Thomas	9	1	1954	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hyman	"L", Jr.	6	1	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hilda	J.	5	25	1940	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Richard		11	24	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lonnie	Douglas	6	2	1980	SJ	1A	1-2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alonza	W.	7	5	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dorothy	Hill	11	12	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Denard		7	4	1967	SJ	7	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph		7	24	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mattie	Ketchum	5	15	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shirley	Faye Adams	8	21	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Channing "Bill"	5	4	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Soloman		3	11	1960	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rudus		2	14	1957	SJ	23	4	newspapers#sj
Smith		[infant of Bynum Smith]	5	14	1923	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Kate	Hardison (Mrs. J.H.)	9	11	1935	SJ	1	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alonzo	"Ell"	8	21	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dorothy	Marie	1	9	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Helen	Canady	2	11	2002	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph		7	28	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Max		5	15	1920	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj