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
Ray	Stella	Johnson	10	7	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Ruth	Elizabeth "Granny"	5	22	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Janice	E. Lee	1	4	2024	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Ray	James	Lee	12	28	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Ray	, Mr.	(father of Era Ray)	4	25	1936	Tribune	3	2	newspapers#trib
Ray	Alva	Dunlowe	10	3	1980	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Ray	Cora	Dew	9	18	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Norman	Martin	12	28	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Ray	Jerry	Lee	8	7	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Ray	John	E.	11	1	1918	MNB	5	3	newspapers#mnb
Ray	Johnson	Lee	1	14	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Johnson	Lee	1	17	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Martin		8	7	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Ray	Mary	Edwards	2	26	1982	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Ray	Onata	Daly	10	1	1977	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Ray	T.	B.	5	20	1972	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Ray	Contessa	Caprice Foreman	5	8	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Thomas		3	14	1865	CartONS	3	2	newspapers#oldns
Ray	Thomas		3	14	1865	NCT	2	2	newspapers#nct
Ray	Contessa	Caprice Foreman	5	9	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	Whit		2	20	1925	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb
Ray	Edmond	A. "Ed"	10	11	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	William	E., IV	6	10	2002	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ray	John	Michael	4	13	1956	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Ray	William	E., IV	6	14	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj