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
Sawyer	John		3	17	1951	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Willie	Dee Jarvis	9	24	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Alice		8	2	1966	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Carrie	Mae Jones	6	8	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Frank	L.	11	10	1950	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Joyce	(Mrs. Jimmie Ray)	3	20	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	John		5	9	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Mary	E.	11	9	1906	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Sawyer	John	Andrew	5	10	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Margaret	P.	3	7	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	John	Taylor	5	2	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Hope	Bell Wilson	6	26	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Joseph	M., Jr.	5	9	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Joseph	William	11	28	1987	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Daniel	D.	7	26	1955	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Henry	J.	3	7	1941	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Keitt		2	15	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Hope	Bell Wilson	6	27	2017	SJ	A9	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Kelly	Henry	6	21	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Laura	Brinson	8	29	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Willie	Dee Jarvis (Mrs. Leonard Odell)	9	25	2013	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Katie	Elizabeth	2	6	2025	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Sawyer	Lawrence	A.	12	19	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Oscar	[son of Jessie F. Sawyer]	3	21	1883	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Sawyer	Lawrence	Alton	12	20	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj