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
Sykes	Rosie	Bell	11	22	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Sallie	Williams	7	16	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Arthur	Lee	5	18	2011	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	William		1	9	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	William	Henry	5	30	1950	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Sykes	William	Henry	6	2	1950	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Sykes	William	Jackson.Jr.	1	10	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Gail	Forbes	1	11	2024	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Sykes	Jessie	"Daddy Rabbit"	3	26	1970	SJ	14	6	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Ruben	E.	7	25	1962	SJ	14	3	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Geneva		4	7	1958	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Sykes	William	Floyd	2	13	1965	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Sykes	William	Floyd	2	15	1965	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Terry	Lee	9	17	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	C.	Anna (Mrs. Henry A.)	2	19	1930	MNB	1	4	newspapers#mnb
Sykes	Willie		8	3	1962	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Mary Elizabeth	Roberson	12	18	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Willie		8	4	1962	SJ	12	1	newspapers#sj
Sykes	C.	Anna (Mrs. Henry A.)	2	20	1930	MNB	3	7	newspapers#mnb
Sykes	Walter	Henry	11	4	1967	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Mary Elizabeth	Roberson	12	20	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Sykes	Andrei	Gromyko	3	5	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Sylsberry	Billy	Darryl	1	13	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Sylvers	Elonza		12	19	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Sylvers	Elonza		12	21	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj