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
Bendokas	Eileen	McDermott	11	30	1981	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Benedict	A.	C., Mrs.	10	13	1931	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Benedict	L.	S.	10	27	1837	Spectator	3	1	newspapers#sp
Benedict	L.		11	24	1837	Spectator	3	5	newspapers#sp
Benedict	A.	C.	8	25	1936	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Benedict	A.	C., Mrs.	10	14	1931	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Benedict	Robert	E.	11	10	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Benedict	L.	S.	10	20	1837	Spectator	3	2	newspapers#sp
Benedict	A.	C.	8	25	1936	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Benfield	Charlie	Williams	5	8	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Benfield	Letha	Small	12	30	1960	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Benfield	Letha	Small	12	31	1960	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Benfield	Ruth	H.	1	10	2021	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bengal	Polly		2	8	1960	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Bengal	Fannie	Ketchem	8	31	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Bengal	Richard	Earl	9	29	1962	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Bengal	Audrey	L. [Jake]	2	4	1957	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Bengel	Richard	Earl, III	11	10	1958	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Bengel	Edward	Padgett	2	4	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bengel	J.	F., Mrs.	1	6	1938	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Bengel	J.	L.	7	18	1935	Tribune	6	4	newspapers#trib
Bengel	Richard	Earl "Buddy", Jr.	9	27	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bengel	Willie	Rose Duncan	5	27	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bengel	John	L.	7	19	1935	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Bengel	Ella	Jones	12	27	2012	SJ	1 & 7, 6	--	newspapers#sj