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
Tolson	Benjamin	F.	1	18	1894	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Tolson	Bettie	Jane	7	25	1974	SJ	10	1	newspapers#sj
Tolson	Holland	Ives (Mrs. Vine Allen)	5	12	1899	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Tolson	Earl	C.	7	27	1937	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Tolson	Elijah		2	14	1925	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Tolson	J.	J.	7	26	1919	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Tolson	J.	J., Mrs.	1	3	1916	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Tolson	James	L.	3	22	1940	Times	4	2	newspapers#t
Tolson	Jamie	L.	3	19	1940	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Tolson	Jamie	L.	3	22	1940	Tribune	3	3	newspapers#trib
Tolson	John		11	26	1864	NCT	2	5	newspapers#nct
Tolson	John	J.	11	9	1935	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Tolson	Elizabeth	Guion	3	22	2017	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Tolson	Earl	C.	7	26	1937	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Tolson	John	J.	11	10	1935	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Tolson	Abegail	Oglesby (Mrs. Thomas J.)	7	29	1924	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Tolson	Thomas	J.	6	14	1912	NBWJ	1	7	newspapers#nbwj
Tolson	John	Jarvis	11	12	1935	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Tolson	Leona	B.	9	19	1974	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Tolson	John	Jarvis, III	12	3	1991	SJ	A3, A4	--	newspapers#sj
Tolson	Leona	B.	9	20	1974	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Tolson	John, Mrs.		11	26	1864	NCT	2	5	newspapers#nct
Tolson	Julia		8	5	1886	NBWJ	3	8	newspapers#nbwj
Tolson	Mary	H. (Mrs. J.J.)	1	1	1916	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Tolson	Mattie		4	6	1937	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib