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
Shewmaker	Sybil	Eulila Jones "Sue" (Mrs. Donald W.)	10	18	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shewmaker	Melanie Rose	Koby	1	7	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Shewmaker	Melanie Rose	Koby	1	8	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Solomon		4	7	1965	SJ	20	3	newspapers#sj
Shields	John	A.	3	24	1940	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj
Shields	John	A.	3	24	1940	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Shields	John	M.	1	28	1940	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Shields	Amelia	Elizabeth Kittrell	8	22	1942	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Shields	Nancy	Ferrell	2	28	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Shields	Mary		7	17	1936	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Shields	Nancy	Ferrell	3	2	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Shields	Betty	Burns (Mrs. Bob)	6	1	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Shields		[infant of Rev. Shields]	8	16	1885	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Shields	Van	Winder (infant son of Rev. V.W. Shields]	8	16	1885	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Shields	Louis	A.	6	25	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Solomon		4	9	1965	SJ	13	1	newspapers#sj
Shields	Fabiola	Canas	8	14	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Carrie		4	14	1946	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Shields	Mary	Helen	7	13	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	John	M.	4	1	1939	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Shields	John	M.	4	2	1939	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Shields	Ada		3	14	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Andrew		7	7	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Shields	Annie	Shipp	6	17	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Shields	Carnie		3	22	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj