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
Best	Tom		12	1	1899	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Best	Kirby		4	16	2015	SJ	A1, A2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Delmas	Clifton	4	13	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Allie		3	30	1906	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Best	J.	W., Mrs.	2	25	1894	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Best	Kathleen		7	3	1965	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Best	Thomas	Milton "Tommy"	12	16	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Sylvia		6	23	1883	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Best	Shirley	Mae Rhodes	9	9	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Allie		3	30	1906	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Best	Randolph		10	20	1952	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Best	Shirley	Mae Rhodes	9	10	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Wright, Jr.		6	24	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Minnie	Rowena	7	11	1955	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Best	Shirley		8	6	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Eddies	Lavyrn	6	11	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	James	Junior	6	20	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Seth		12	17	1939	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Best	Edward	Earl	1	22	2007	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Barbara	Dudley	12	20	2022	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Best	Leolia	Rhodes	3	7	2014	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Haywood		9	24	1886	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Best	Andria	Patrice	10	17	2008	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Willie		4	8	1933	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj
Best	Nicy		2	7	1962	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj