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	Parmelia		9	6	1848	Republican	3	2	newspapers#repw
Riggs	Virginia	Smith Frazier	11	24	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	G.	F.	3	20	1907	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Herbert	P.	3	26	1947	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Sheron	Faye Jarman	12	23	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Parmlee	E.	9	5	1848	Newbernian	3	2	newspapers#nbw
Riggs	Ricky	Allen	6	28	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Nellie	Boyette	11	19	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ricky	Allen	7	2	1988	SJ	A1	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Sheron	Faye Jarman (Mrs. Russell J.)	12	24	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Lisa	Carol Davis	5	26	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Richard	Thomas	12	16	1968	SJ	16	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Pearl	C.	9	24	1937	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ricky	Allen	6	27	1988	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Leon	Merrill	4	1	1967	SJ	10	7	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Robert	B.	4	11	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Martha	Louise	9	16	1959	SJ	13	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	John	D.	11	14	1903	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	Robert	James	1	20	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ralph	Willard	4	3	1962	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Riggs	William	James, Jr. "Bill"	4	24	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Robert	Roland	2	27	1975	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Robert	R.	5	6	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Leon	Merrill	4	3	1967	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Ricky	Allen [d.6/26/1988]	7	14	1988	SJ	A1	1	newspapers#sj