New Bern Obituary Index

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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

Order by:

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Year

Records Found: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL

Best	William	Earl	10	11	2020	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best		[wife of Geo. Best]	12	20	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj

Best	William	C.	2	20	1970	SJ	19	2	newspapers#sj

Best	William	E.	9	11	1904	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Sarah		2	23	1941	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj

Best	Albert		7	27	1961	SJ	18	6	newspapers#sj

Best	Tyrone	Miguel	5	7	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Haywod	Isaiah	12	6	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Albert		7	28	1961	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj

Best	Clara		3	5	1930	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj

Best	Fannie		4	3	1935	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj

Best		[wife of Geo. H. Best]	1	3	1893	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Viona	Green (Mrs. Roy Lee)	2	22	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj

Best	E.	A.	10	5	1887	NBDJ	2	2	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Nellie	Ruth	6	30	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Wright		11	5	1962	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj

Best	Carrie	E.	11	16	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj

Best	Florrine		11	24	1967	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj

Best	Iona	Norman	10	30	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Kirby		4	15	2015	SJ	A1	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Thomas	M.	12	15	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Ione	N. (Mrs. James Rollins)	10	31	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Florrine		11	25	1967	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj

Best	Kathleen		7	2	1965	SJ	13	2	newspapers#sj

Best	Charlie	Lee	5	8	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj