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	Sarah		12	26	1973	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Seth	Edward	8	27	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Seth	Edward	8	26	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Helen	Marie [Mrs. Nelson]	3	16	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Sterling	Strafford	3	10	1988	SJ	A7	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Jane	(Mrs. Isaac)	8	25	1903	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Sudie	Helen	11	14	1950	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Sula	Phillips	1	16	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Sula	Philllips	1	17	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	T.	C., Mrs.	9	25	1937	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Riggs	Annette	Michell	4	23	1980	SJ	1A	5-6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Martha		9	17	1959	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Thelma	Beatrice Humphrey	3	14	1988	SJ	A8	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Sheila	Rose	4	3	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Thomas	W.	5	21	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Bessie	W.	8	22	1967	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Riggs	John	Henry	3	7	1943	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Joyce	Smith	10	1	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Thomas	W., Jr.	5	8	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Annette	Michelle	5	1	1980	SJ	1B	1-3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Thomas	Warden, Jr.	5	9	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Lillie	H.	5	21	1962	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Thomas	Warden, Jr.	5	10	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Toni	Denise	8	9	1979	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Allen		7	5	1954	SJ	10	7	newspapers#sj