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
Smith	T.	H.	4	24	1914	Sun	4	4	newspapers#sun
Smith	Tony	Fitzhugh	9	7	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dorothy	Mae	12	14	1931	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lucy	Tilghman	5	29	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Royal, Jr.	[and crew of boat Lady Mary]	11	4	2009	SJ	12	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Norman	Russell, Jr.	7	16	1975	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Arthur	Lynn, Jr.	2	3	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Edwin		4	27	1864	NCT	2	2	newspapers#nct
Smith	Hoover	A.	5	5	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Kate	Hardison (Mrs. J.H.)	9	11	1935	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Smith	T.	H.	4	28	1914	Sun (sw)	3	3	newspapers#sws
Smith	Leroy		8	11	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mattie	Stubbs	9	7	1955	SJ	10	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frances	Elizabeth	12	22	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	D.	T.	12	14	1931	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sudie	[daughter of Elijah]	10	24	1882	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Frances	Rebecca, "Big Mammy"	1	6	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Willie	Grant	2	1	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Timothy	[and crew of boat Lady Mary]	11	4	2009	SJ	12	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elizabeth	Ann "Betty" (Mrs. Norman Russell)	1	29	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Asa	[retraction]	3	5	1885	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Effie		8	14	1890	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Kathleen	McGowan	7	18	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Myra		2	24	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	T.	H.	5	1	1914	Sun (sw)	2	7	newspapers#sws