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
Bess	Edward	Lee	6	21	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Edward	Lee	6	24	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Herbert		11	30	1974	SJ	A2	3	newspapers#sj
Bess	Joseph	N.	8	22	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Lula		1	25	1982	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Bess	Robert	I.	8	21	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Robert	Jalon	10	27	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Christy		5	5	1992	SJ	A1	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Alonzo		6	18	1971	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Bess	Alonzo		6	22	1971	SJ	9	2	newspapers#sj
Bess	Franklin	Roosevelt, Jr. "Spanky"	7	7	2019	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Annie	Mae Cooper	11	11	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
bess	Edward	Lee	6	21	1991	SJ	A1	5	newspapers#sj
Bess	Annie	Mae Cooper	11	13	2011	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Theresa	Marie DeMarco	1	24	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bess	Franklin	Roosevelt, Jr.	7	3	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Bessie	Joshua		11	26	1864	NCT	2	4	newspapers#nct
Bessie	Wm.	Henry	11	26	1864	NCT	2	4	newspapers#nct
Bessinger	Karl	William	1	2	2025	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Best	Tim, Mrs.		2	14	1968	SJ	16	2	newspapers#sj
Best	Roland		1	9	1953	SJ	9	3	newspapers#sj
Best	Vennie, Mrs.		6	6	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Best	George, Mrs.		2	17	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Best	Victor		6	13	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Bright	W.	2	23	1933	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj