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
Watts	Sadie Irene	Taylor	8	8	2005	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	John	Peebles	4	24	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Owen	Lee	10	10	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Janie Wright	Blackmon	1	27	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Sam		10	15	1907	NBWJ	4	4	newspapers#nbwj
Watts	Richard	Neely "Rick"	9	12	2021	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Edward	A.	2	13	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Andrew	"Andy"	3	24	1914	Sun (sw)	4	2	newspapers#sws
Watts	Andrew	"Andy"	3	27	1914	Sun (sw)	4	4	newspapers#sws
Watts	Andrew		3	23	1914	Sun	1	5	newspapers#sun
Watts	Andrew		3	25	1914	Sun	1	4	newspapers#sun
Watts	Andrew		3	27	1914	NBWJ	4	7	newspapers#nbwj
Watts	Andrew	E.	3	24	1914	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Watts	Clyde	R., Jr.	10	15	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Donna	Congleton	2	6	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Emma	Lou	12	12	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	James	Wiggins	12	28	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Watts	Troy	Lee	2	26	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Troy	Lee	2	28	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	W.	G.	3	18	1886	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Watts	Wesley	J.	2	26	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Wesley	Jay	2	28	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Wilson	T.	11	11	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Bernice	Reese	5	4	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Watts	Elmarie	Moore	7	21	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj