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

---

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	J:ames	Earl	10	1	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	David	Holt	6	13	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	James		9	26	1848	Newbernian	3	2	newspapers#nbw
Riggs	David	Holt	6	14	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	James		9	27	1848	Republican	3	2	newspapers#repw
Riggs	James	Earl	7	7	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Olive	Reber	12	20	1966	SJ	14	7	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Melvin	Grey	4	6	1963	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs		[child of John Riggs]	9	15	1886	NBDJ	3	3	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Sheila	Rose	4	1	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Amos	T.	1	2	1956	SJ	5	8 + 7:5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	John	William	6	13	1948	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Estella		11	26	1938	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	James	Harvey	8	16	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	James	Harvey	8	18	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	James "Jim"	Solomon	5	8	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Estella		11	28	1938	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Jesse	L.	6	16	1948	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Jesse		8	6	1914	NBDJ	3	2	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Daphne	Goodwin	7	17	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Jesse		8	6	1914	NBWJ	4	6	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Mary	Lee	1	28	1953	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	John	William	6	16	1948	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	E.	W.O.	3	28	1894	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Jesse	L. "Jack"	12	19	1974	SJ	A2	6	newspapers#sj