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		3	23	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Smith	Anna	Marie	7	25	1968	SJ	5	6,7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eddie	Lee	1	29	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry		12	15	1864	NCT	2	3	newspapers#nct
Smith	Joseph	William, Jr.	2	28	1969	SJ	13	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Milburn	W.	3	23	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frances	Ewell	7	28	1965	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Cordelia	Elizabeth	4	16	1956	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lemuel		1	9	1954	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	David	Garfield	10	30	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sarah	J. (Mrs. M.B.)	1	17	1902	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Clee	O. [see also Cleve Smith and Cleo Smith]	10	27	1923	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dewitt, Mrs.		1	20	1950	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marvin	O. "Bill"	8	31	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	W. "Rob"	10	29	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Donnie		5	11	2021	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jerome	L.	4	4	1979	SJ	1A	1-4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Annie	"Ree" Edwards	3	19	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eddie	Ray	7	31	1989	SJ	A8	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry		11	30	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joshua	A.	8	6	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Milburn	Winn	3	24	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Susan	Ida	9	29	1969	SJ	14	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Isaac	S.	4	29	1958	SJ	11	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	I.	4	14	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj