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
Pumphrey	Charles	T.	2	14	1919	MNB	5	3	newspapers#mnb
Pumphrey	Charles	T. (two entries on page)	11	13	1918	MNB	1	7	newspapers#mnb
Pumphrey	Charles	Tilden	11	19	1918	MNB	4	3	newspapers#mnb
Puneky	James		12	21	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Purcell	Barbara	Elizabeth	8	17	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Purcell	Julia		6	12	1948	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Purcell	Julia		6	13	1948	SJ	7	2	newspapers#sj
Purcell	Allee		10	18	1968	SJ	17	4	newspapers#sj
Purcell	Mattie	Peed	9	13	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purcell	Mattie	Peed	9	14	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purcell	William	Francis	1	11	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purcell	Barbara		5	29	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Purder	Virginia	Webster	10	23	1964	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Edward	Earl	2	14	2014	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Adrian	Sherrod	11	12	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Edward	Earl	2	14	2014	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Michael		8	24	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Alton		6	28	2000	SJ	-- A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Alton	Leo	6	27	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Bertha		5	20	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Bertha		5	22	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Coretha	A.	5	19	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Coretha	Armond	5	20	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Doretha	Barnes	3	9	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	James	Allen	9	9	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj