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: 186286

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

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

Best	John		10	19	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ

Best	Nicy		2	9	1962	SJ	9	7	newspapers#sj

Best	Lester, Jr.		1	12	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best		(children of George)	1	7	1892	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj

Best	Eddie		12	27	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj

Best	Adel	Janine Carr	7	29	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Betty Mae	Dawson	5	3	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Alice	Perry	12	7	1968	SJ	15	5	newspapers#sj

Best	Alonza		10	10	1985	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj