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
Whitford	John	H., Mrs.	5	23	1919	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Whitford	Jimmy	Lee, II	2	1	2018	SJ	A1, A4	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Mary		7	2	1884	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Whitford	John	H., Mrs.	5	24	1919	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Whitford	John	H., Mrs. (nee Hurtt)	5	22	1919	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Whitford	John	, Jr.	2	20	1984	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Addison	Purifoy	7	24	1934	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Mary	J.	7	3	1884	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Whitford	John	Melvin	12	16	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Clark		6	13	1902	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Whitford	Mary	J.	7	4	1884	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Whitford	Bryan		3	13	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Whitford	John	Melvin	12	17	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Reid		2	9	1947	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Whitford	John	N., Mrs.	2	9	1883	PamEnterp (S)	3	1	newspapers#pent
Whitford	A.	P.	7	25	1934	SJ	7	7	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Kathleen	Caton	7	19	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	A.	P.	7	26	1934	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Kathleen	Ricks	2	13	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Katie	Vern	4	2	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Kittie	Scott	6	30	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Jimmy	Lee [d. 2017]	4	14	2022	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Laurie	Lee	3	21	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Leona	Harris	12	11	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Whitford	Minnie	Vaux (Mrs. Reid)	5	30	1929	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj