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
Nelms	Patricia	Anne	3	8	1956	SJ	16	1	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Joyce	Tyner	3	12	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Brenda		1	27	2024	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Nelms	Ann	Earp	10	12	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Majorean	Howard	12	27	1982	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Rachel	Griffin	12	7	1981	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Lonnie, Jr.		6	9	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Lonnie, Jr.		6	12	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Jane	H.	11	27	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Jane	H.	11	28	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Donald	Alonza	4	10	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Nelms	Donald	Alonza	4	11	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Nelso	Zeb		1	4	1960	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Horace		4	5	1961	SJ	4	1	newspapers#sj
Nelson		[15 yr. old son of Joseph Nelson]	5	17	1901	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Nelson	James	Richard	8	25	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson	David	V.	6	18	1946	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Horatio		5	28	1864	NCT	3	2	newspapers#nct
Nelson	David	Ray	8	19	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Jerry	K.	11	11	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Billy		5	25	1965	SJ	11	1	newspapers#sj
Nelson	James	"Bay Bay"	6	17	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Anita	LaVerne Howard	11	16	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Nelson	Lonnie		6	4	1954	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Jacob	"Buster"	8	21	1972	SJ	12	1-2	newspapers#sj