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
Swain	Patsy		3	10	1938	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Swain	, Mrs.		12	22	1882	PamEnterp (S)	3	3	newspapers#pent
Swain	Annie	Hodges	2	8	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Annie Laurie	Hodges	2	9	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Bertha	Lee	3	25	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Doris	Beatrice Jones (Mrs. James Armstead)	2	22	2017	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Bertha	Lee	3	29	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Cecil	Leroy	12	26	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Swain	Christine		1	18	2004	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Cleophus	S.	12	11	1961	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Swain	Durwood	B.	12	10	1973	SJ	20	4	newspapers#sj
Swain	Edward	Earl	10	9	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Elbert		1	18	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Swain	Elbert		1	24	1975	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Swain	Ellie	J. (Mrs. Milton)	8	5	1920	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Swain	Ermond	Edward	9	11	1982	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Swain	Leslie	Edward	4	11	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Estella	Ferrell	3	2	1968	SJ	10	8	newspapers#sj
Swain	George	Clarence	5	3	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Swain	Harvey	S.	3	14	1961	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Swain	Helen	E. King (Mrs. Robert)	7	1	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Helen	King	6	30	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	James	Armistead	6	12	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	James	D.	1	25	1922	MNB	5	2	newspapers#mnb
Swain	Julia	Grace	11	13	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj