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	Eva	G.	2	26	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Eva	Goodwin	2	27	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Aris	Hardison (Mrs. W.M.)	1	15	1930	MNB	3	4	newspapers#mnb
Riggs	Vernon	Ewell	1	13	2011	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Eva	Mae Benton	5	23	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Floyd	Winfield	10	31	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Francis	T.	1	23	1864	NCT	2	4	newspapers#nct
Riggs	Margaret	Swaim Burkhart	8	10	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	G.	N.	1	18	1917	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	G.	N.	1	18	1917	SJ (sw)	2	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Joyce	Smith	9	29	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Gabie	Linster	3	13	1987	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	George	Franklin	4	7	1934	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Riggs	George	F.	3	19	1907	NBWJ	1	7	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Margaret	Swaim Burkhart	8	11	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	George	Barrus	7	10	1985	SJ	8A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Raymond	Johnson	6	15	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Asa	Murrell	10	25	1966	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Harvey	Earl	11	25	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Mourning	D.	4	3	1923	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Riggs	George		3	19	1907	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Mourning	D.	4	4	1923	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Henrietta	J.	7	11	1889	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Thelma	Janson (Mrs. Brice)	3	19	1941	SJ	6	6,7	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Henry	Carl	12	3	1951	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj