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
Sumner	Catherine	W.	10	25	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Lee	Thompson	9	10	1962	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Sumner	George		8	22	1960	SJ	11	6	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Clarence	Edward	4	20	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Cynthia	Faye	12	9	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	George		8	25	1960	SJ	11	1	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Cynthia	Faye	12	12	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Hannah		3	10	1978	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Hannah	S.	3	14	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Joseph	W.	5	15	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Michaela		4	18	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Sumner	Solomon	Eugene	2	14	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Arthur		2	23	1949	SJ	5	1	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Hugh	Von	5	9	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Arthur		2	24	1949	SJ	6	5	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Chastity	Amelia	5	1	2007	SJ	B1, B2	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Hugh	Von	5	11	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Arthur		2	26	1949	SJ	7	1	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Michaela		4	27	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Sumner	Jerry	Barnard	1	26	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	James		5	14	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Alice	Harrell	5	19	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Sumner	James		5	13	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Janie	S.	1	24	2002	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Sumner	Patricia	Courman	4	20	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj