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
Purdie	James	Allen	9	10	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Larry	Darnell	6	6	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Larry	Darnell	6	8	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Lucy	Mae	7	10	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Lucy	Mae	7	11	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Reginald	Johnson	5	22	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Reginald	Joseph "Crip"	5	25	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Doretha	B.	3	7	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Luella	McGirth	3	26	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Purdie	Luella	McGirth	3	28	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Purdy	Edna	Paul	10	13	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdy	Frank	Paul	8	29	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdy	Frank	Paul	9	1	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purdy	Lewis	William	4	14	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Clarissa	S. (Mrs. Arrington)	1	12	1912	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Purifoy	Stepahn	Harvey	11	25	1949	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Stephan	Harvey	11	26	1949	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Michael		11	10	1958	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Artha	Jane	1	18	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	George	Duffy	8	25	1955	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Charles		3	25	1930	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Purifoy	Della	Cutherall	2	6	1963	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Robert	Allen	11	12	2007	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	E.	Alms	2	25	1936	SJ	8	7	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Helen	Price (Mrs. Alonza "Lonnie")	3	8	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj