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
Watson	Henry	B.	4	15	1925	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb
Watson	Hilard	Stirl	5	31	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Hillard	Stirl, Jr.	11	2	1987	SJ	A9	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Howard	H., Jr.	9	20	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Hugh	A. "Duke", Jr.	11	6	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Watson	Infant		11	9	1968	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Watson	Irene	Watson	7	26	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Bert		12	20	1963	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Watson	J.	H.	1	31	1895	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Watson	J.	W.	7	8	1933	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Watson	Lector	Wright "Lucky"	4	8	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	J.	W.	7	9	1933	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Watson	J.	W., Jr.	9	24	1938	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Watson	J.	W., Jr.	10	18	1938	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Watson	Roy	Lynmore	8	5	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	J.	W., Jr.	10	18	1938	Tribune	4	5	newspapers#trib
Watson	J.	B.	3	25	1957	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Watson	Robert	[d. 2018]	3	22	2020	SJ	A1	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Bert		12	21	1963	SJ	12	1	newspapers#sj
Watson	J.	W., Jr.	10	21	1938	Tribune	4	5	newspapers#trib
Watson	J.	W., Jr.	10	22	1938	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Watson	Sherry	Marie Nelson	7	22	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	J.	W., Jr.	10	22	1938	Tribune	6	4	newspapers#trib
Watson		[infant son of J.B. Watson]	12	23	1898	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Watson	Alfred	Augustin	5	14	1905	NBDJ	2	4	newspapers#nbdj