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	Mary	H.	6	25	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Susan		12	22	1967	SJ	17	2	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Mary	H.	6	27	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	D.	W.	12	2	1913	NBWJ	2	5	newspapers#nbwj
Sawyer	Mary	Williams	5	31	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Maud		9	21	1918	SJ	1	6,7	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Mavis	Bissette	3	8	1968	SJ	7	7	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Mattie	[aka Mattie Hill]	11	14	1932	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Mildred	McCotter	2	26	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Mildred	McCotter	2	25	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Minnie	McCotter	11	13	1961	SJ	10	7	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Wilford	Thonas	3	15	1954	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Myrtie	Elizabeth	1	25	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Clyde	Preston	10	3	1962	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Annie	Gaskins	11	18	1954	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	James	L., Jr.	7	18	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Sawyer	Myrtie	Elizabeth	1	27	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Myrtle	Stapleford	12	5	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Nellie	Cowell	2	14	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	A.	F.	10	17	1930	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Olive	Birdie Banks	6	18	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Susan		12	26	1967	SJ	13	3	newspapers#sj
Sawyer	Felix		9	27	1882	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Sawyer	Oscar		3	22	1883	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Sawyer	Annanias	Fonville	10	21	1930	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj