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
Wells	William	R.	6	12	1935	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Wells	Charlie	Clark	9	1	1958	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Wells	William	M.	2	15	1958	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Wells	Major		7	31	1951	SJ	4	1	newspapers#sj
Wells	Rupert	W.	5	13	1974	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Wells	Yolanda	Marie	4	2	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Wells	Florence		11	12	1901	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Wells	Laura	C.	5	15	1948	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	John	D., Jr.	7	5	1978	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Wells	Bessie		9	18	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Walter	Lee	1	12	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Velma	Andrews "Hoppy" (Mrs. Lamar Ralph)	2	7	2011	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Laura	Skinner	12	18	1965	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Jack		8	3	1961	SJ	13	7	newspapers#sj
Wells	Carrie		4	8	1954	SJ	6	7	newspapers#sj
Wells	Daria	Talik	12	21	2005	SJ	D1	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Brittany		1	1	2010	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	J.	J.	3	28	1927	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Wells		[father of Bertha Wells]	4	14	1927	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Wells	, Capt.		12	18	1862	NBP	2	1	newspapers#dp
Wells	George	W.	2	24	1961	SJ	9	7	newspapers#sj
Wells	, Capt.		12	20	1862	NBWP	3	1	newspapers#wp
Wells	Annie	Ethel "Tink"	8	16	1989	SJ	B4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Bertha		4	14	1927	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Wells	Donna	Rae	1	9	2015	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj