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	Lessie	Morton	6	19	1947	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Edward	Lee	4	20	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Elisha	N.	2	12	1907	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	E.	T.	1	23	1935	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Lewis	L.	11	16	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Missouri	Phillips	10	6	1964	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Aris	Hardison	1	15	1930	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Liddie	Bright	10	15	1969	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Annie	Holton	3	4	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Sylvia	L. (Mrs. Earl Victor)	9	19	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	R.	W.	3	19	1908	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Frances		1	25	2010	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Liddyann		7	19	1883	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Oscar	Lewis	9	18	1963	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Lila	Goldie	4	8	1914	NBDJ	8	1	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Eva	May	8	9	1930	MNB	3	3	newspapers#mnb
Riggs	Lillie Adeline	Sutton	3	15	1961	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Albert	N.	10	1	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Lola	E. (Mrs. E.R.)	2	28	1904	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Loretta		9	27	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Rosa	Sawyer Whealton	10	1	1956	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Loretta	Hinton	9	29	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ruby	Johnson	2	23	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Rosa	Sawyer Whealton	10	2	1956	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Arlettie		5	6	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj