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
Respress	Willie		10	27	1967	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Rest		(child of Bright Rest)	4	5	1883	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Rest		[daughter of Bright Rest]	4	4	1883	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Restel	Howard	F.	9	18	2018	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Retherford	Audrey	LaVerne (Mrs. Leonard "Max")	7	8	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Retherford	Leonard	"Max"	10	15	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Rettew	Eleanor	Pennington "Penny"	1	27	2024	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Rettew	Eleanor	Pennington "Penny"	1	25	2024	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Rettew	Matthew	C.	1	12	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Rettew	Matthew	Charles	12	9	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Rettew	Matthew	Charles	12	15	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Rettey	Eva		6	26	1943	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Rettey	Eva		7	29	1943	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Rettey	Eva		7	31	1943	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Reuben	Lewis		9	11	1862	NBP	2	5	newspapers#dp
Reuben	Lewis		9	13	1862	NBWP	3	6	newspapers#wp
Reukauf	Mark	Brent	3	22	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Reusch	Ursula		1	25	2025	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Reut	Anita	Pilger	10	14	1965	SJ	20	8	newspapers#sj
Reuter	Arnold	Francis	8	10	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Reutler	Evelyn	Dill	3	9	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Reutter	Evelyn	Dill	3	10	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Revels	Walter	J.	5	25	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Revels	Walter	Junior	5	26	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Revels	Essie	Myrtle Smith "Sallie"	8	23	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj