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
Rawls		[infant of Edward Rawls]	10	24	1895	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Rawls	Willie	Maude Wetherington	2	7	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Rawls		[mother of Edward Rawls]	10	24	1895	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Rawls	Woodrow	R.	8	22	1981	SJ	2A	3-4	newspapers#sj
Rawls	Zeb	Vance	10	13	1973	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Rawls	R.	J., Mrs.	10	27	1896	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Rawls	Harold	Evans	12	28	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Rawls	Joseph	Benjamin	1	25	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Rawls	Donald	Purifoy	8	10	1953	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Rawls	Elvira		9	23	1938	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Rawls	Dennis	Lewis	2	13	1934	SJ	8	1	newspapers#sj
Rawls	W.	J., Mrs.	9	27	1938	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Rawls	Matilda	(Mrs. Dennis)	10	23	1926	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Rawls	Mariane	Bunting (Mrs. Robert Lee "Sam")	1	24	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Roy	L.	9	9	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Jerry	Lee	8	7	1975	SJ	1B	5-6	newspapers#sj
Ray	Auburn		7	18	1956	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Ray	Thomas	Alfred	4	28	1936	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Ray	Edna	Keener	7	7	2009	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Betty	Willis Henry	11	23	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Mercer	J.	5	13	1966	SJ	13	2	newspapers#sj
Ray	David	Walker	10	6	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ray	Donald	L.	4	18	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Glenna	Rineer	10	28	2020	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Janice	Elizabeth	1	9	2024	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ