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
Shields	Carrie		3	23	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Carrie	P.	3	18	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	David		4	25	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Davis		4	30	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Eula	M. Peterson	2	3	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Eula	Mae Peterson	2	4	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Ira	Williams	4	23	1921	MNB	1	7	newspapers#mnb
Shields	J.	M.	6	2	1939	Tribune	1	6-8	newspapers#trib
Shields	J.	M.	6	2	1939	Tribune	2	1-3	newspapers#trib
Shields	J.	M.	1	28	1940	Tribune	2	5	newspapers#trib
Shields	John		3	22	1940	Times	4	7	newspapers#t
Shields	John	A.	3	23	1940	Tribune	1	8	newspapers#trib
Shields	John	A.	3	24	1940	Tribune	4	2	newspapers#trib
Shields	John	Aloysuis	8	27	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	John	M.	4	1	1939	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Shields	John	M.	4	2	1939	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Shields	Margaret	Walsh	6	15	1939	Tribune	3	3	newspapers#trib
Shields	Mary	Catherine	7	16	1936	Tribune	3	3	newspapers#trib
Shields	Nancy	Wessells	4	25	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Richard	Emery	2	25	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Richard	Emery	2	26	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shields	Van	Winder	5	29	1927	MNB	5	4,5	newspapers#mnb
Shields	Van	Winder	7	2	1927	MNB	6	2	newspapers#mnb
Shields	Van	Winder, Jr.	8	20	1885	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Shifflett	Joyce	McCoy	12	1	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj