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	E.	A.	10	11	1887	NBDJ	2	3	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Eddie		12	28	1979	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj

Best		[wife of G. Best]	11	12	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Edward	Willis	12	15	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Elvin	A.	11	25	1887	CartRecord	4	1	newspapers#weeklyrecord

Best	Emma	Bernice "Nick" Moore	3	8	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Emma Ruth	Bryant	11	22	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Emma Ruth	Bryant	11	26	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Ethel	Mae	4	26	1982	SJ	5A	3	newspapers#sj

Best	Ethel	J.	5	15	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Ethel	Jeannie	5	14	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Ethel	M.	1	18	1969	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj

Best	Ethel	Mae	4	23	1982	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj

Best	Mary	Smith Carr	4	9	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Etta	Parker	4	16	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj

Best	Eva	Kornegay	10	9	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Shirley	V.	6	22	2009	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Eva	Kornegay	10	10	1985	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj

Best	David	Earl	8	26	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Ezekiel	, Jr.	1	31	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Hannah		3	16	1955	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj

Best	Ezekiel	K.	2	3	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Fannie	L.	7	1	1972	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj

Best	Joseph	M.	6	8	1960	SJ	16	7	newspapers#sj

Best	Gene	Rollins	7	22	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj