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	Crystal	Gray (Mrs. Ricky, Sr.)	1	6	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Willie (Miss)		6	11	1893	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Watson	Leslie	Lee	4	4	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Levie	James	12	7	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Bessie		10	22	1959	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Watson	E.	J.	12	8	1946	SJ	5	1	newspapers#sj
Watson	Merrit	O.	7	6	2009	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Lock		7	24	1884	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Watson	Jere		9	21	1906	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Watson	Janie		3	2	1937	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Watson	Loraine		7	9	1998	SJ	--A1, A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Rachel	Oretta (Mrs. Alex)	7	18	1931	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Watson	Grace	Arthur	9	26	1935	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Watson	Collie	L.	12	5	1951	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj
Watson	Jere		9	21	1906	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Watson	Robert	Wayne	7	6	2018	SJ	A1, A10	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Loraine		7	10	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Mollie	Moore	4	11	1959	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Watson	Phenie		8	24	1959	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Watson	Lorraine		7	11	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Dempsey	Wayland	8	22	1966	SJ	11	5	newspapers#sj
Watson	Louis	Gurley	12	31	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Rachel	O.	7	19	1931	MNB	2	6	newspapers#mnb
Watson	General	Edward	9	30	1942	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Watson	Louise	Long	6	9	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj