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	Nannie	Della	4	27	1968	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Spence	Oliver	Haynes	2	3	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Dorothy	Pugh	8	4	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Oliver	Haynes	2	4	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ralph	Haywood	9	27	1938	Tribune	3	6	newspapers#trib
Spence	Robert	F.	5	26	1969	SJ	14	3	newspapers#sj
Spence	B.	F.	6	1	1937	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Spence	Cynthia	Burnett Brown "Pam"	8	19	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Noah	James	3	8	1967	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Spence	Cynthia	Brown	8	17	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	George	M.	2	15	1967	SJ	20	6	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ople	Toler	7	8	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Elsie	Green (Mrs. James H.)	7	1	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ralph	H.	9	25	1938	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ralph	Haywood	9	27	1938	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Spence	Ira	B., Jr. "Pee Wee"	4	24	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spencer	Clarrisa	(Mrs. Nathan)	8	14	1936	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Spencer	Laura		2	15	1956	SJ	13	4	newspapers#sj
Spencer	Albert		1	6	1926	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Spencer	E.	H.	12	16	1883	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Spencer	Elizabeth	[died July 2020]	12	12	2023	SJ	A1, A2	--	newpapers#SJ
Spencer	Rhonda	Brinson	2	16	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Spencer	Albert		1	7	1926	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Spencer	Zeb		9	10	1936	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Spencer	Herman		9	25	1959	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj