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
Swager	Belinda	May Hannick	2	11	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swager	Katrinka	Oline Ringstad	5	2	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swager	Belinda	H.	2	2	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swager	Ralph		1	12	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swager	Ralph	Elmer	1	16	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swager	Belinda		2	14	2021	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swager	Katinka	Oline Ringstad	5	2	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swaim	Gilmer	Paiton	12	6	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	L.	S.	2	14	1913	NBWJ	1	7	newspapers#nbwj
Swain	L.	S.	2	14	1913	NBWJ	4	1,2	newspapers#nbwj
Swain	Lemuel	Franklin	5	11	1944	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Swain	L.	S.	2	18	1913	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Swain	Ethel	Dillahunt	3	2	2014	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Edna	Williams	3	22	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	David	L.	1	7	2014	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Truman	Porter, Jr.	10	24	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Martha	(Mrs. E.L.)	7	12	1905	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Swain	Sophie	Powers (Mrs. Robert L.)	3	7	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Mary	Odessa	1	31	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Mary	Odessa	2	1	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Martha	(Mrs. E.L.)	7	14	1905	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Swain	Walter	W.	9	10	1965	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Swain	Goldie Faye	Stidham	9	4	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Walton	W.	9	11	1965	SJ	7	2	newspapers#sj
Swain	Edward	R.	7	20	1954	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj