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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:
Last Name
First Name
Middle/Maiden Name
Year

Records Found: 186286
Last Name First Name Middle/Maiden Name Month Day Year Newspaper Page Column URL
Summerell James C. 10 6 1980 SJ 2A 4 newspapers#sj
Summerell Margaret Aldridge (Mrs. Claud) 2 1 1938 Tribune 6 2 newspapers#trib
Summerell Mark H. 4 7 1976 SJ 2A 3 newspapers#sj
Summerell Warren E. 6 12 1942 Times 6 2 newspapers#t
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 2 1928 MNB 1 7 newspapers#mnb
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 2 1928 MNB 4 2 newspapers#mnb
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 3 1928 MNB 3 4 newspapers#mnb
Summerell William "Speedy" Bill Henry 2 23 1987 SJ 3A -- newspapers#sj
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 3 1928 MNB 4 7 newspapers#mnb
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 4 1928 MNB 3 1 newspapers#mnb
Summerell William H. 11 15 1930 SJ 1 5 newspapers#sj
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 4 1928 MNB 6 3 newspapers#mnb
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 2 1928 SJ 5 5 newspapers#sj
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 2 1928 SJ 5 2 newspapers#sj
Summerell Anna Lee (Mrs. J.N.H.) 11 3 1928 SJ 5 4 newspapers#sj
Summerell Maggie 1 31 1938 SJ 6 6 newspapers#sj
Summerford Donald E., II 8 9 2013 SJ 6 -- newspapers#sj
Summerlin Aldon Glenn 2 7 1946 SJ 3 3 newspapers#sj
Summerlin Teresa Lynn 5 16 2012 SJ 6 -- newspapers#sj
Summerlin Julia M. 2 2 2018 SJ A4 -- newspapers#sj
Summerlin Donald Glen "Wolf" 9 9 2015 SJ A2 -- newspapers#sj
Summerlin Thomas R. 4 11 2013 SJ 6 -- newspapers#sj
Summerlin Thomas Ray "Tommy" 4 12 2013 SJ 6 -- newspapers#sj
Summerlin Donald Glen 9 10 2015 SJ A2 -- newspapers#sj
Summerlin Bertie Wheeler 4 18 1969 SJ 13 7 newspapers#sj





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