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
Waters	Zilphia	Lou	2	1	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Waters		[mother of S.W. Waters]	1	21	1933	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Waters	Edmund	Baker	10	25	1935	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Waters	Willie		2	16	1909	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Waters	Slade		7	25	1882	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Waters	Willie	J.	8	31	1906	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Waters	Mango		3	20	1970	SJ	8	1	newspapers#sj
Waters	Ed.		4	25	1905	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Waters	Margaret	Scales	5	20	1945	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Waters	John		11	1	1904	NBWJ	1	7	newspapers#nbwj
Waters	James	T.	9	18	1973	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Waters	Jane	Miller	7	25	2024	SJ	A5		newpapers#SJ
Waters	Edgar	O.	4	15	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Waters	Owen	Elsworth	8	28	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Waters	Willie	Lee	8	24	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Waters	Frances	Godwin	3	5	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Waters	Margaret	Scales	5	22	1945	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Waters	Dallas	Carson	8	21	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Waters	Ed.		4	28	1905	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Waters	Will		2	23	1909	NBWJ	1	2	newspapers#nbwj
Waters	Elizabeth		3	5	1896	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Waters	Ed.		4	30	1905	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Waters	Eddie	Elias	2	12	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Waters	Myrtle	Lee	9	29	1965	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Waters	Jesse		5	3	1905	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj