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
Reel	Eula	Roach	5	8	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Floyd	Edward	11	10	1987	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Floyd	Henry	5	8	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	H.	A.	12	10	1917	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Reel	Hilda	Pettigrew	1	26	1987	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Horace	Carlton	11	20	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Hubert	Earl	8	18	1988	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	J.	B.	2	28	1915	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Reel	J.	B.	3	2	1915	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Reel	James	E.	1	28	1927	MNB	5	7	newspapers#mnb
Reel	W.	R.	5	8	1924	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Reel	Joe, Mrs.		11	21	1934	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Reel	Joel	Thomas	6	24	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Kay	Evans	1	31	1969	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Reel	Leo	Baine	1	16	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Reel	Mary	L. (Mrs. John B.)	7	21	1888	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Reel	Marsha	Paul	1	5	2020	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Leonard	A.	5	9	1961	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Reel	Lissie	B.	12	18	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Lola	A.	2	21	1975	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Reel	Lola	A.	1	31	1975	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Reel	Lucille	Martin	6	21	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Reel	Lula	Paul	12	5	1972	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Reel	Mary	L.	7	26	1888	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Reel	Mattie		11	18	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj