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
Purser	Gomeria	Wilson	6	16	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Grace	McCoy	8	12	1968	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Purser	Irene	Mooney	5	12	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	James	Rodney	6	8	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Janie	B.	8	20	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Purser	Jesse	Lee	9	17	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Jodie	Harding	4	20	1987	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	S.	P., Mrs.	6	27	1936	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Purser	John	A.	6	4	1935	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Purser	James	R.	11	17	1949	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Purser	John	Calvin	11	5	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	James	R.	11	18	1949	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Purser	Julia	H. (Mrs. D.N.)	12	14	1938	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Purser	Mary	Whitley "Peggy"	11	6	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Lester	E.	6	12	1968	SJ	5	4,5	newspapers#sj
Purser	Lonnie	Herbert	1	18	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Gladys	Hill [Mrs. Lonnie H.]	12	16	1958	SJ	9	7	newspapers#sj
Purser	Evelyn	Adams (Mrs. Garland F.)	2	27	2011	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Mary	Anne Cayton	5	7	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Matthew	Travis	8	23	1989	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Patrick	Dean	4	12	1982	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Purser	Paul		10	28	1921	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Purser	Peggy		3	16	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Peggy	Leopard	3	17	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Purser	Harold		12	4	1929	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb