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	James	Alton	12	1	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	James	Alton	12	4	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	John		3	30	1893	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Emma	Bernice "Nick" Moore	3	6	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	James	E.	5	29	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Daniel, Mrs.		8	30	1935	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj

Best	James	E.	5	30	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Shirley	V.	6	24	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	James	Harvey	6	12	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	James	Harvey	6	14	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Leslie		5	5	1931	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb

Best	Odessa	(Mrs. Daniel)	9	3	1935	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj

Best	Jeffrey	Maurice	3	21	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Rachel		6	4	1892	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Jeffrey	Maurice	3	23	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Jesse		6	16	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Rachel		6	5	1892	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Rufus	E.	7	21	1895	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Jesse	Stanley	6	19	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Jessie	Lee	1	21	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Jessie	Lee	1	22	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Jimmie	Nathaniel	1	8	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Seth		1	24	2021	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Jimmie	Nathaniel	1	10	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Rachel		6	8	1892	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj