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
Spear	W.	H.	9	27	1901	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Spear	E.	W., Mrs.	11	27	1935	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Spear	Maxine		5	28	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spearman	George		8	6	1947	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Spearman	Johnnie		4	24	1961	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Spearman	John		5	8	1961	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Spears	Ernest	Lee	5	30	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Fannie	Louise Spellman	6	12	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Eddie		11	7	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Lila	Mae	2	13	1936	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Spears	Mamie	Gertrude	4	21	1950	SJ	9	1	newspapers#sj
Spears	Quincy		11	15	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Spears	Quincy		11	17	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Spears	Leroy	Clark	8	11	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Spears	Quincy, Jr.		5	24	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Napoleon	Forest, Jr.	6	11	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Marquise	Rashad	3	8	2009	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Quincy, Jr.		5	28	2014	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Ernest	Lee, Jr.	11	30	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	H.	P.	10	14	1957	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Spears	Robert	Leroy "Bob"	4	27	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Marquise	Rashad	3	11	2009	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Ernest	Lee, Jr.	12	5	2019	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Spears	Lucille	Puckett	5	23	1949	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Spears	Ernest	Lee	5	24	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj