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
Nelson	Walter	Allen	4	11	1960	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Fred		1	21	1930	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Nelson	William		3	29	1837	Sentinel	3	4	newspapers#cc
Nelson	Marvin		3	28	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Nelson		[African-American murder victim]	1	16	1927	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb
Nelson	William		1	18	1938	Tribune	4	5	newspapers#trib
Nelson	Ras		4	19	1931	MNB	7	6	newspapers#mnb
Nelson	Henry	Richard	3	5	1955	SJ	9	2	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Carolyn	Knight	5	19	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson			6	16	1837	Spectator	3	1	newspapers#sp
Nelson	William		1	17	1939	Tribune	1	8	newspapers#trib
Nelson	Georgia		2	13	1953	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Nelson			1	2	1863	DP	2	1	newspapers#dp
Nelson	William	H.	3	23	1988	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Fred		1	22	1930	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Nelson			1	3	1863	NBWP	2	1	newspapers#wp
Nelson	Wm.		7	7	1827	Sentinel	3	2	newspapers#cc
Nelson	Harvey		8	10	1964	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Eloise	Ann "Weesie"	12	19	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson	, Mr.		1	15	1885	NBWJ	1	8	newspapers#nbwj
Nelson	Robert	Duane	3	30	2011	SJ	10	--	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Walter	Allen	4	12	1960	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Nelson	Lonnie		2	26	1954	SJ	6	2	newspapers#sj
Nelson	, Mr.		8	16	1888	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Nelson	William	Etheridge	7	16	1962	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj