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
Riggs	Helen	Frances	2	18	2008	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Joseph	Warren	4	4	1937	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Henry	C. "Buddy"	3	24	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	W.	M.	1	14	1940	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Joseph	Warren	4	6	1937	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Margaret	Carol Davis	12	1	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Earl	Victor	10	2	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Arbelia	Jones	8	4	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Vernard	Odell	3	24	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Amos	Bryant	7	27	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Arlettie		5	6	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	W.	M.	1	16	1940	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Augustus		1	3	1889	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Barbara	Morris	7	19	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Frederick		10	4	1966	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Barbara	Morris	7	20	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ernest	Bryant	1	16	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Bella	Carmack	8	28	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Barbara	C.	2	7	2018	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Bessie		1	8	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	David	Harold	7	17	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Peggy	Ann Jones	2	8	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Bettie	(Mrs. N.R.)	1	13	1887	NBWJ	3	8	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Wilbur	J.	3	21	1970	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	John	Frederick	10	5	1966	SJ	14	7	newspapers#sj