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	Annie	L.	3	2	1959	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ray, Jr.		12	7	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ruffin		6	21	1882	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Leroy		8	13	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Arendell		1	24	1946	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Smith		[dau. of Calvin Smith]	5	28	1884	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Annie	B.	6	10	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry	Daniel	3	16	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jovita	Lee	1	1	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Miles	L.	3	30	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Swannie	Pearl	3	22	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marie	Willis [Mrs. Joe]	3	11	1966	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dolores	Fahy	2	22	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Christopher	Columbus	12	10	1962	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	K.	4	30	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	[Madie]	8	2	1957	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	E.	M., Mrs.	11	20	1906	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	William	A.	1	8	1953	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Goldie	Simmons	8	17	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Billy	James	7	7	1936	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Edward	1	4	1971	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Annie	Barrington	6	11	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Edith	Hathaway	1	9	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Henry	P.	5	16	2004	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joyce		5	19	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj