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
Purifoy	Charles		3	24	1930	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Hardy	Edward	12	10	1947	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Gerald	David	8	31	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Oscar	N.	3	18	1967	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	David	Lee, Jr.	10	19	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Clifton		11	24	1982	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	John	C.	2	28	1937	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Janice	Corrine Ipock	4	27	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	James	Denard	9	3	1962	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Luther	J.	9	30	1953	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	McElree		8	28	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	James	Howard	10	5	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Arrington	Edward	2	29	1936	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	J.	C.	2	20	1937	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Elsie	G.	3	1	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Willie	Radford	5	11	1963	SJ	7	3	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	A.	K.	5	14	1926	MNB	4	2	newspapers#mnb
Purifoy	A.	K.	5	15	1926	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Purifoy	Albert	M.	6	29	1973	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Alonzo	A.	7	14	1969	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Andrew	A.	11	16	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Andrew	A.	11	17	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Arrington		8	14	1906	NBDJ	4	4	newspapers#nbdj
Purifoy	Andrew	J., Jr.	8	14	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purifoy	Andrew	Jackson	2	29	1972	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj