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
Short	E.	M.	12	11	1894	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Short	E.	M.	12	12	1894	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Short	E.	M.	12	19	1894	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Short	Donna	W.	2	2	2014	SJ	10	--	newspapers#sj
Short	Charles	Alfred, Jr.	9	7	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Short	Dorothy	M.	6	1	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Short	E.	M.	12	13	1894	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Short	H.	B.	9	2	1886	NBWJ	1	9	newspapers#nbwj
Short	H., Mrs.	O.	2	27	1947	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Short	Mary	Cathey	9	12	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Short	Robert		9	20	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Short	Simon		3	25	1886	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Short	H., Mrs.	O.	3	4	1947	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Short	Shirley	E.	7	8	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Short	H.	O.	9	13	1940	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Shortell	Edw.		11	26	1864	NCT	2	5	newspapers#nct
Shorten	Bessie	D.	1	7	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shorten	Jesse	D.	1	5	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Shorter	Wendell	Shovin "Papa"	1	13	2017	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Shotwell	Randolph	A.	8	1	1885	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Shotwell	Randolph	A.	8	1	1885	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Shotwell	Randolph	A.	8	7	1885	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Shotwell	Randolph	A.	8	16	1885	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Shotwell	Randolph	A.	8	6	1885	NBWJ	1	9	newspapers#nbwj
Shotwell	Randolph	A.	8	13	1885	NBWJ	1	8	newspapers#nbwj