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	Thelma	A. Tyson	6	12	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shawn	Monroe	1	7	1970	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lovie	Lee	10	29	1962	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rosie	Evans Salter	3	4	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Moses	Franklin	5	20	1924	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emma		5	22	1900	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Edward	Littleston	5	1	1945	SJ	7	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ella	Marie (Mrs. Johnie L.)	11	17	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Benjamin	"Tommie"	3	11	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elithebeth [sic]	(Mrs. Geo.)	5	2	1895	NBWJ	2	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Hull	Birden	1	1	1914	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Kit		1	1	1918	MNB	4	5	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Nathaniel		1	4	1832	Sentinel	3	4	newspapers#cc
Smith	Thelma	Gardner	3	29	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Celia	Marie Franks	10	3	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Maragaret	Elizabeth	3	18	1985	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Darris	Wyndell	10	3	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elbert		9	15	1929	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Royal, Jr.	[d. 2009]	8	2	2011	SJ	1,4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thelma	M.	7	3	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Donald		9	5	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Benjamin	C.	8	16	1883	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Eliza		10	4	1817	CFR	3	4	newspapers#cfr
Smith	Hull	Birden "Bert"	1	2	1914	NBWJ	3	5,6	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	L.	A.	9	27	1912	Sun (sw)	4	5	newspapers#sws