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	Dubell		12	29	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Helen	Louise	12	7	2003	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph	Adrian	8	16	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Melissa		4	19	1935	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Smith	Stephan	Allen	1	1	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Azzie	Leon Carver	8	31	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Cornelia		4	13	1956	SJ	11	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	H.	D.	6	5	1932	MNB	3	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Donald	Lee	3	21	1955	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carolinme		11	18	1952	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Melissa	Willoughby	1	5	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	"Little Em"	[daughter of Asa J. Smith]	12	29	1886	NBDJ	2	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Charles	William "Bill"	10	21	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bruce	Lee	10	27	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alvin		7	7	1969	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dubell		12	31	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Helen	Peachie	3	3	1973	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph	Adrian	8	18	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Melton	"Ed"	4	11	1969	SJ	13	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Stephen	W.	5	1	1884	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Ettie	M.	3	8	1966	SJ	12	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Augusta		4	17	1962	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Earl	Dupree	10	16	1961	SJ	8	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary		3	12	1931	MNB	6	3,4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	A.	J.	11	12	1956	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj