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
Swift	Darlton	D.	4	12	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	James	M.	8	9	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	James	McKinley	8	10	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	Jesse	Lee Armond	1	7	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	Jessie	Lee	1	5	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	Nancy		5	12	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	Nancy	Gibbs	5	15	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	Robert	Lee	3	3	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Swift	Sarahpine	Gibbs	1	18	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	Saraphine	Gibbs	1	21	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	William	Henry	6	9	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	William	Henry	6	12	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swift	William	R.	10	11	1833	Sentinel	3	3	newspapers#cc
Swift	David	Larry	2	3	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Swift	Robert	Lee	5	16	1981	SJ	1B	4	newspapers#sj
Swift	Robert	Lee	5	20	1981	SJ	1B	1	newspapers#sj
Swindall	James	H., Jr.	7	12	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Goldie		12	30	1969	SJ	10	1	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Hardy	A.	5	16	1969	SJ	11	6	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Hardy	Albin	2	2	1981	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Mary	Elizabeth	3	27	1937	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Howard	Taft	9	10	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Howard	Taft	9	11	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Isaac	Will	1	15	1968	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Swindell	Massie	S.	7	26	2011	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj