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	Julian	Haywood	12	1	1961	SJ	11	7	newspapers#sj
Swain	Katie	Mae	12	13	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Swain	Katie	Mae	12	15	1980	SJ	3A	3	newspapers#sj
Swain	L.	S.	2	12	1913	Sun	1	6	newspapers#sun
Swain	Leslie	Edward	4	13	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	L.	S.	2	14	1913	Sun (sw)	3	7	newspapers#sws
Swain	Lenwood	I. "Bud"	10	21	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Swain	Linwood	I. "Bud"	10	20	1975	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Swain	Madge	Bennett	9	26	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Mary	Thrower	1	17	2004	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Merle	Jones	11	23	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Merle	Jones	11	24	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Naomi	Wade	5	9	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Neva	Lloyd	11	22	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Neva	Lloyd	11	23	1998	SJ	--A3, A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Patsy		3	11	1938	Tribune	3	5	newspapers#trib
Swain	Richard	H.	3	22	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Vera	Lucille	2	10	1969	SJ	10	4	newspapers#sj
Swain	Victor	Debbs	10	25	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Violet	Gray	10	24	1968	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Swain	W.	F. "Bill"	8	13	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Swain	William	R.	10	2	1938	Tribune	6	5	newspapers#trib
Swain	Harriet	Gail Council	10	11	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	W.	E. "Ras"	6	27	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Swain	Renalder	Lloyd	5	17	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj