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
Spence	Elizabeth	"Beth"	7	15	2020	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Mary	W. (Mrs. Charlie)	5	29	2015	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Irene	Miller	2	3	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Spence	Shirley	Jean Fisher	5	12	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Joe	T.	3	17	1935	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Spence	Herbert	Davis	12	20	1946	SJ	8	7	newspapers#sj
Spence	Agnes	M.	6	27	1972	SJ	2	4-5	newspapers#sj
Spence	Alexander	Alex	7	1	1974	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Spence	Alfreda	Williams Stanley	7	8	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Bernice	Clark "Annie"	6	6	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Bernice	Clark "Annie"	6	7	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Cassie	White	2	25	1980	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ferdinand	Goodman	11	12	1937	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Spence	Horace	Lee	6	30	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ira	B. "R.B."	7	16	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ira	B. "R.B."	7	17	1985	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	James		7	17	1985	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	James	Horace	6	27	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Jennie	W.	12	1	1969	SJ	16	3	newspapers#sj
Spence	Jim		6	2	1915	NBDJ	8	4	newspapers#nbdj
Spence	Joe	T.	3	16	1935	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Spence	Joseph	Floyd, Jr.	4	4	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Joseph	T.	3	17	1935	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Spence	Mabel	Ange	2	2	1971	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Spence	Marie		7	23	1915	NBWJ	4	2	newspapers#nbwj