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	Nora		6	2	1988	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Pearle	S.	5	19	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Andria	Patrice	10	22	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Pearlie	S.	5	10	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Pearlie	S.	5	20	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Tyrone		5	5	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Susie		12	18	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Rachel		1	7	1892	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Best	William	Earl	10	6	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Rachel		6	9	1892	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Best	Ralph	L.	8	19	1933	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Best	Nellie	Kenyear	10	20	1960	SJ	13	5	newspapers#sj
Best	Haywood	I., Jr.	1	12	2017	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Joanna Lynn	Stroud	5	5	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Robert	Lee	1	4	1975	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Best	Ronald	C.	9	27	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Haywood	I.	12	3	2007	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Ronald	C.	9	29	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Charlie		3	5	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Ruth	Arnold	4	22	1988	SJ	B5	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Sarah	Rogers	1	8	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Nellie	Kenyear	10	21	1960	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj
Best	Sarah	Rogers	1	9	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Best	Seth		4	13	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Best	Seth		4	17	1981	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj