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	Jordan		8	28	1884	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj

Best	Rosa	Bell	11	27	1965	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj

Best	James	R.	5	23	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Joseph		8	17	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	David	Earl	9	1	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Joseph	Richard	8	15	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Katie	J.	8	26	1977	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj

Best	William	Avon	2	15	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Katie	J.	8	27	1977	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj

Best	Seth		1	26	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Kenneth	Lee	12	11	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Kenneth	Lee	12	14	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj

Best	James	Rollins	5	24	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	William	Avon	2	16	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Lannie		7	25	1921	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj

Best	Cleveland	Willie	7	17	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Laura	Elizabeth	11	3	1860	DP	2	4	newspapers#dp

Best		[wife of Geo. Best]	12	10	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj

Best	Jasper		7	31	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Laura	Elizabeth	11	6	1860	NBWP	2	7	newspapers#wp

Best	Joseph	Richard	8	14	2001	SJ	A1	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Leona		9	7	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj

Best	Thelma	R.	10	24	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj

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

Best	Leona		9	8	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj