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: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Bender	Sarah	Laverne (Mrs. Neil)	5	17	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Bender	Betty	Cassell	10	5	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Bender	O.	J.	3	30	1939	SJ	1	8	newspapers#sj
Bender	Earl	Taft, Jr.	11	8	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Bender	Robert	Philemon, Jr.	4	10	1956	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Bender	Mary	Strother [Mrs. Ernest L.]	6	4	1943	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj
Bender	Mary	Strother	6	5	1943	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Bender	Roger		9	5	1927	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Bender	Annie	Whitford	3	1	1971	SJ	9	1	newspapers#sj
Bender	Neil	Carmichael	7	1	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Bender	Mary	McGee Edwards (Mrs. Robert P.)	2	21	1932	MNB	1	8	newspapers#mnb
Bender	Neil	Carmichael	7	2	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Bender	Mary	McGee Edwards (Mrs. Robert P.)	2	22	1932	MNB	5	2	newspapers#mnb
Bender	Penelope	Cassandra Morton "Penny"	11	21	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Bender	Philemon	P.	5	7	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Bender	John		6	25	1902	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Bender	R.	H.	10	20	1903	NBWJ	1	1	newspapers#nbwj
Benders	Sadie		3	18	1980	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Benders	Rhem	A.	2	21	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Benders	Martha		12	9	1947	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Benders	Elijah	Jamal	10	21	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Benders	Elijah	Jamal	10	23	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Benders	Ike		8	27	1913	Sun	1	3	newspapers#sun
Benders	Ike		8	27	1913	Sun	5	2	newspapers#sun
Benders	Ike		8	29	1913	Sun (sw)	2	6	newspapers#sws