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
Williams	Chester	Van, Jr.	5	16	1948	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Williams	Joanne		12	27	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Rachel	Heath	5	30	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Williams	Joelta	Hopkins	1	13	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Elsie	Saunders Gibbs	1	1	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	John	Edward	5	1	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Ora	Mae	7	7	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Williams	J.	F.	4	10	1952	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Williams	Joseph	Samuel	10	25	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Mary	Alice Simon	7	26	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Elsie	Saunders Gibbs	1	3	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	John	Edward	8	10	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Orie		9	8	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	George		6	10	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Etta	Irene Roberts	8	23	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Leon	Franklin, Jr.	2	14	2014	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	William	Risley	5	25	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Elvin		7	11	1974	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Williams	John	Edward	8	12	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Orie		9	9	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Fred	Butler, Jr.	5	22	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Susan		1	17	1908	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Williams	Andrew		5	5	1893	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Williams			5	20	1886	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Williams	Elvin		7	15	1974	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj