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
Benson	David	Alfred	1	4	2012	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	John	F. "Jack"	2	10	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Benson	John	F. "Jack"	2	13	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Benson		[daughter of Daisy Benson]	3	18	1939	Tribune	4	7	newspapers#trib
Benson	Elizabeth		2	11	1854	WN	3	1	newspapers#wn
Benson	Esther		4	6	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	Francis		11	26	1864	NCT	2	4	newspapers#nct
Benson	Herman		7	8	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Benson	Herman		7	10	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Benson	Herman		7	11	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Benson	Joyce	B.	8	29	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	Joyce	Nystrom Cleary Braun	9	1	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	Lillian	D.	11	19	1973	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Benson	Marjorie	Fichten	11	21	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	Marjorie	Fichten	11	24	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	Robert	F.	1	19	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	Robert	G.	3	19	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	Thomas	Gordon	4	19	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Benson	William		12	2	1864	NCT	2	3	newspapers#nct
Benson	Mary		10	6	1964	SJ	14	6	newspapers#sj
Benson	John	W.	11	20	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	John	William "Bill"	11	21	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Benson	William	E.	9	13	1930	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Benson	James	Edwards	1	25	1945	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Benson	Harriet		12	30	1928	MNB	8	2	newspapers#mnb