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	Alton	Ray "Red"	11	20	2022	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Riggs	Hazel	Marie Jenkins	11	15	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ella	Mae	10	16	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ellen	Wilson	4	19	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Donald	Robert "Bobby"	2	11	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Elmer	Prentice	3	14	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Elsie	R.	5	29	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Holland	Holt	3	12	1956	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	James	Samuel	4	13	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Elsie	R.	5	31	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Louise	DeStefano	4	17	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Emma		4	18	1832	Sentinel	3	3	newspapers#cc
Riggs	Robert	Lee	4	2	1959	SJ	10	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Emma		4	20	1832	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Riggs	Margaret	Burkhart	8	8	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Emma	Augustus	6	6	1834	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Riggs	Franklin	Daniel	1	16	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ernest		10	10	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Courtney	Lee	1	4	1967	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	J., Mrs.	L.	5	22	1947	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs		[4 mos. old daughter of M/M Robert Riggs]	9	26	1936	SJ	6	7	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Estelle	Robinson	11	13	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Avis	Susan Hardison	1	14	1930	MNB	3	5	newspapers#mnb
Riggs	Ethel	Lee	1	21	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Eunice	Phillips	3	22	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj