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
Ritch	Annie	Elizabeth (Mrs. Herman W.)	11	15	1901	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Ritch	Annie	Elizabeth (Mrs. Herman W.)	11	15	1901	NBWJ	4	2	newspapers#nbwj
Ritch	Beulah	Wallace (Mrs. William)	6	9	1939	Tribune	6	3	newspapers#trib
Ritch	Isaac	W.	8	27	1853	WN	3	1	newspapers#wn
Ritch	Lucy	Hulsy	9	14	1852	R&P	3	7	newspapers#repw
Ritch	U.	H.	9	14	1866	NBDT	1	3	newspapers#nbdt
Ritchey	Dorothy	Elizabeth	4	4	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchey	Ollen	Ray	5	30	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchey	Ollen	Ray	6	1	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchey	Edward	Eugene	3	23	1956	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Ritchey	James	Fredrick "Jim"	5	9	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	William	H., Jr.	8	25	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	Stanley	Everette	4	20	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Ritchie	Emily	May	12	6	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	William	H., Jr.	8	27	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	Donnie	William	11	7	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	Phylise	W.	9	29	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	Phylise	Wolf	9	30	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	Shellie	Frank	8	11	1976	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	Sara	Meda Henderson (Mrs. Kindred A.)	6	11	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchie	Geneva	Bryan (Mrs. Shellie Frank)	12	27	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ritchy	Marion	Elizabeth	1	2	1961	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Rittenhouse	Virginia	May	1	18	2014	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Rittenhouse	Alfred	E.	2	10	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Rittenhouse	Alfred	E.	2	11	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj