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	Lester	D.	12	30	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	A.	L.	10	19	1923	SJ	1	5,6	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	W.	3	2	1935	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alice	Elizabeth	6	2	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nancy		2	9	1945	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Warren	10	27	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dan		10	16	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alvin	Lee	7	7	1969	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Durwood	I.	9	4	1975	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henrietea [sic]		3	3	1862	DP	1	5	newspapers#dp
Smith	Joseph	Bow	4	14	1981	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Merle	Morris	9	9	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Steve		1	21	1915	NBDJ	1	3,4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Charlie		12	2	1970	SJ	24	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carrie	Murrell	1	21	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Brenda	Joyce (Mrs. James Robert)	5	14	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mamie		5	10	1960	SJ	11	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rachel	Elizabeth (Mrs. N.C.)	11	27	1932	MNB	7	7	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Charles	"Joe"	10	3	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bernard "Bernie"	R.	11	10	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Raymond	John	9	4	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Janet	F.	6	18	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Milton	Eugene	1	20	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alvin	Lee	7	8	1969	SJ	9	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henrietta	Doane	2	18	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj