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: 186286

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Payne	Ralph	Jackson	5	30	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	William	Robert	12	1	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	A.	A.	9	26	1903	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Payne	John		6	7	1907	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Payne	William	Leroy	4	17	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	Harry		6	10	1974	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Payne	Nathaniel		8	31	1971	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Payne	A.	A.	9	29	1903	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Payne	Lisa	Herring	4	23	2017	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	Lisa	Herring (Mrs. Charles G.)	4	27	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	Hilma	Chadwick	12	28	1989	SJ	A1	3	newspapers#sj
Payne	Nathaniel	"Wimpy"	9	3	1971	SJ	11	5	newspapers#sj
Payne	Charles	Lee	9	2	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Payne	Lillian	Roberts (Mrs. Charles H.)	5	25	1930	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Payne	Lillian	Cowan Roberts	5	28	1930	MNB	5	3	newspapers#mnb
Payne	Kevin	Rae	4	17	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	Lillian	Roberts (Mrs. Charles H.)	5	26	1930	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Payne	Arthur	Wade	9	16	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	Wade		9	18	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	William	Wallace "Bill"	12	8	1962	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Payne	William	Leroy	4	22	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	Lena		11	18	1930	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Payne	Jay	Michael	6	27	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Payne	Jon	Virgil "Jack"	3	25	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Payne lll	W.	Scott	12	19	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj