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

---

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
Spear	Eugene	Moody	7	14	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	Jessie	J.	4	14	1977	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Spear	John	J.	11	15	1919	MNB	6	3	newspapers#mnb
Spear	Lloyd	Earl	3	21	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	Lovie	Gaskins (Mrs. Lewis)	6	19	1921	MNB	4	2	newspapers#mnb
Spear	Odie		11	19	1980	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Spear	Odie		11	20	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Spear	Richard	S.	6	4	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Spear	Velma	Morris	10	29	2003	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	Velma	Morris	10	30	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	William	Henry, Jr.	10	18	1925	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Spear	Richard	S.	6	5	1970	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Spear	Perlina	Olivia Godley (Mrs. W.H.)	1	7	1931	MNB	2	5-7	newspapers#mnb
Spear	Elbert		3	19	1933	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Spear	Elbert	W.	3	21	1933	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Spear	Lena	Coward	10	19	1959	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Spear	W.	H., Mrs.	1	7	1931	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Spear	Preston	Elliot	12	21	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Spear	Bobby	Douglas	10	17	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	Louis	Augustus [Gus]	10	26	1959	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Spear	Preston	Gray	2	11	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	Viola	Morris	11	12	1943	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Spear	Preston	Gray	2	12	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	Bobby	D.	10	19	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Spear	Annie	S.	10	11	1956	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj