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	Zennie	Lawrence	2	27	1934	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	E.	T.	1	23	1935	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Riggs	Elisha	N.	2	12	1907	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Brancie	(Mrs. George)	2	20	1912	NBWJ	1	2	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Henry	Leon	5	9	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	E.	T.	1	25	1935	Tribune	3	1	newspapers#trib
Riggs	E.	W.O.	3	29	1894	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Levicia	A. (Mrs. Elisha J.)	4	9	1935	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Earl	Smith	12	11	1982	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	William	Oliver	12	27	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	James	S.	4	12	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Edward	Earl	7	5	2000	SJ	-- A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	John	D.	12	28	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Edward	Nash	9	21	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Maud		1	21	1908	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Elijah		8	18	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ruby	Elmer	8	16	1966	SJ	14	8	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Elijah		8	22	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Elijah	L.	12	28	1934	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Riggs	Eliza	Ellen	1	15	1962	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	David	Harold	7	23	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Elijah	L.	12	29	1934	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Riggs	Elizabeth		8	25	1933	Tribune	1	2	newspapers#trib
Riggs	Elizabeth	J. (Mrs. N.R.)	1	13	1887	CartRecord	1	2	newspapers#weeklyrecord
Riggs	Beatrice	Lancaster (Mrs. Courtney Lee, Jr.)	6	16	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj