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	Bryant	Julian	1	21	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Bryant	Julian	1	22	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Wells		[4 year old dau. of John Wells]	4	19	1890	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Wells	Joseph	F.	3	9	1963	SJ	7	8	newspapers#sj
Wells	Shelby	Mallard	2	29	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Wells	Lydia	Day	12	3	1963	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Wells	Maggie		12	19	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Stella	Josephine	4	18	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Nettie	(Mrs. C.W.)	6	11	1930	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Wells	Nettie	(Mrs. C.W.)	6	12	1930	MNB	3	3	newspapers#mnb
Wells	Jean	Edwards	12	19	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Michael	Raymond	7	25	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	William		4	5	1885	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Wells	Dalton	"Pat"	1	24	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Donald	Glenn	6	22	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	David		4	7	1885	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Wells	Donald	Glenn	6	23	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Nettie	(Mrs. C.W.)	6	10	1930	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Wells	Tina	Diane	11	29	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Wells	Janet	Taylor	4	6	1943	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Wellspeak	Emma	Strizzi	5	10	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Wellspeak	Emma	Strizzi	4	5	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Wellspeak	George	F.	2	4	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wellspeak	George	F.	2	5	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wellspeak	Joseph	James	10	11	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj