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	Elijah	M. "Smitty"	12	28	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hugh	L.	9	19	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Kenneth	Norman	5	7	1977	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Naomi	Tripp	12	13	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Don		2	12	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Odell		7	14	1956	SJ	10	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ernest	William	9	22	1952	SJ	9	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Belinda	Cumbo (Mrs. William "Billy")	5	25	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	H.	1	20	1894	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Thelma	Mae Townsend (Mrs. John Allen)	7	3	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Basil	B., Captain	9	23	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elijah	Scott	2	23	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Keri	Ann	7	18	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nathan		3	1	1823	Sentinel	3	5	newspapers#cc
Smith	Theda Lucille	James	11	10	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Linda Dixon	9	16	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence		4	3	1928	MNB	6	3	newspapers#mnb
Smith	William	H.	8	21	1946	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bob	Steele	9	4	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Norman	Duane	3	30	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Smith	Basil	Burton	9	26	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elise Marie	Weatherington	3	4	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hull	Birden	12	31	1913	Sun	4	3	newspapers#sun
Smith	Kerry	Ann	7	21	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nathan	Wilbur	1	15	1941	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj