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	Betty		7	17	1985	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Sharon	Stimpson	12	13	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Betty	Barnard	7	18	1985	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Birdie	Handy	10	26	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Casper		9	18	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Charles		1	22	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Clem	W.	12	30	1969	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Daughter of	John	4	24	1890	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Wells	David		4	9	1885	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Wells	Dora	Littleton	4	15	1974	SJ	16	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Doreathea	Reason	9	22	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Edgar	James, Jr.	12	2	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Edna	McCoy Smith	9	24	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Edward	W.	12	17	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Elizabeth	J.	2	7	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Elizabeth	S.	5	27	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Phyllis	T. (Mrs. Bobby Francis)	12	30	2011	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Ella	Heath	4	5	1982	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Wells	Ethelene		7	17	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Emily	Walters	6	27	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	William	M.	4	25	1936	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Wells	Charles		6	17	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Evelyn	Freda	12	21	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Evelyn	Freda	12	25	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Everett	F., Jr.	1	1	2002	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj