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	Burgess	Wilson	9	7	1970	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Watson	Wilbur	LeRoy	10	23	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	William	Daniel "Bill"	3	4	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	R.	P.	7	22	1932	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Watson	Roy		11	24	1966	SJ	17	2	newspapers#sj
Watson	William		3	15	1805	N.C. Circular	3	2	newspapers#ncc
Watson	C.	T.	6	19	1906	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Watson	Franklin	Lee	12	26	2010	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	William		12	11	1865	NBDT	1	1	newspapers#nbdt
Watson	R.	P.	7	23	1932	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Watson	William		11	27	1919	MNB	6	1	newspapers#mnb
Watson	Cola	Ion	6	24	1961	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Watson	Patricia	Ray	1	25	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	William	Alexander	9	6	1864	NCT	3	2	newspapers#nct
Watson		[child of Daniel Watson]	10	16	1883	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Watson	Dora	Andrews	11	26	1971	SJ	13	4	newspapers#sj
Watson	William	Augustus	7	3	1824	Sentinel	3	5	newspapers#cc
Watson	Walter		7	16	1932	MNB	6	6	newspapers#mnb
Watson	William	Finley	2	27	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	Lillie	Ireland	3	26	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Watson	William	Henry	1	14	1937	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Watson	Walter	G.	7	17	1932	MNB	7	8	newspapers#mnb
Watson	William	Moore	11	10	1892	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Watson	Johnnie	F.	1	30	1956	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Watson	Stilley		10	3	1932	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj