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
Benton	John		12	13	1933	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Benton	Mark	Louis	1	9	2011	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	J.	H. [three entries in column]	9	16	1904	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	J.	H.	9	16	1904	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	J.	H.	9	17	1904	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	J.	H.	9	17	1904	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	Claude	M.	6	22	1897	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	J.	H. [three entries in column]	9	17	1904	NBDJ	4	4	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	Champ		11	17	1967	SJ	20	4	newspapers#sj
Benton	J.	H.	9	18	1904	NBDJ	4	4	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	John	A., Jr.	8	11	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	John	A., Jr.	8	12	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	Patience		8	20	1947	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj
Benton	Jesse	Vann	10	8	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	Claude	M.	6	23	1897	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	Murray	M.	10	9	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	James	Douglas	2	8	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	Clyde, Miss	E.	6	17	1902	NBWJ	4	2	newspapers#nbwj
Benton	J.	H.	9	24	1904	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	Clyde, Miss	E. [two entries in column]	6	20	1902	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Benton	Charles	William	12	24	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	J.	H.	9	28	1904	NBDJ	4	4	newspapers#nbdj
Benton	Charles	William "Bill"	12	25	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	James	Douglas	2	9	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Benton	Charles	Franklin	3	2	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj