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
Spruill	James, Mrs,		9	20	1926	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Cornelia	Gaskins	8	1	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Janice	Simpson	6	25	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Ada	Brown	9	29	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill	George	W.	12	5	1938	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Cora	Allen (Mrs. Allan)	8	17	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Ralph	C.	7	6	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Ned	C.	6	18	1912	NBWJ	2	3	newspapers#nbwj
Spruill	Jimmie	"Pops"	12	9	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Ada	Brown	10	2	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Grace	Swain	6	20	1947	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Spruill	William	Albert	10	23	1967	SJ	13	7	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Allen		2	20	1907	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Spruill	Harold	Lenwood, Jr.	5	18	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Louise	[see also Louise Richardson Spruell]	7	7	1929	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Spruill	Norma	Rae Lee	9	20	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Patterson	[lynching]	1	29	1888	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Spruill	A.	C., Mrs.	10	22	1929	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Spruill	A.	C., Mrs.	10	23	1929	MNB	5	1	newspapers#mnb
Spruill	Mary	Eliza (Mrs. John)	5	29	1936	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Spruill	William	E.	8	12	1950	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Spruill	Louise		11	25	1930	MNB	6	6	newspapers#mnb
Spruill	Bessie	B.	4	22	2009	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Spruill		(son of A.L.Spruill)	11	6	1936	Tribune	5	1	newspapers#trib
Spruill	A.	C.	10	18	1975	SJ	2A	7	newspapers#sj