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	Elijah	L.	12	29	1934	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs		(child of J.K. Riggs)	4	15	1913	Sun	1	2	newspapers#sun
Riggs		(child of John Riggs)	10	18	1883	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	William		3	5	1959	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Claude		12	10	1960	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Riggs		[7 mos. old infant of Cleve Riggs]	3	7	1925	MNB	1	1-7	newspapers#mnb
Riggs	Cherial	McCoy (Mrs. Herbert B.)	6	5	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs		[child of John Riggs]	9	16	1886	NBWJ	2	5	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	Jean	Grady (Mrs. Daniel Lynwood "Spud")	1	13	2016	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Allen		1	26	1906	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	A.	J., Mrs.	7	19	1921	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Jylenn		11	29	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Bettie	(Mrs. N.R.)	1	12	1887	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Riggs	A.	J., Mrs.	7	20	1921	MNB	1	4	newspapers#mnb
Riggs	Cleveland	Wesley	8	25	1958	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Riggs	Brice	Allen	8	24	1906	NBWJ	4	6	newspapers#nbwj
Riggs	A., Mrs.		3	10	1866	NBDT	4	2	newspapers#nbdt
Rightsell	Lewis, Mrs.		7	18	1895	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Rightsell	Lewis, Mrs.		7	19	1895	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Rightsell	Lewis, Mrs.		7	25	1895	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Rigney	John	"Jack"	10	8	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Rigney	Edward	A.	12	21	1959	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Rigsbee	William	Carl	7	10	1937	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Rigsbee	Charles	C.	10	5	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Rigsbee	Charles	C., Jr.	7	25	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj