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	Shelton	Jay	12	18	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Benjamin	J.	5	31	1915	Sun	4	1,2	newspapers#sun
Smith	Elizabeth	Franks	8	16	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Hyman	Arthur	5	8	1968	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	L.	A.	10	18	1912	Sun (sw)	4	3	newspapers#sws
Smith	Nathaniel		3	19	1969	SJ	24	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Theodore	L.	11	30	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carrie	Marie	1	4	1963	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sudie	Godley	9	1	1958	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Oliver		6	22	1953	SJ	3	4 + 9:3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Daniel		4	8	1949	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Don		5	26	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Reuben, Mrs.		5	29	1900	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Eva	Williams	5	18	1943	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lisa	Carpenter	11	2	2022	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Dorothy	Jenkins	2	21	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	J.	D.	7	16	1979	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Benjamin	J.	6	1	1915	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Elizabeth	Koonce (Mrs. L.R.)	3	26	1927	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Ida	(Mrs. Jas. A.)	12	3	1885	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	L.	A.	2	22	1934	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Smith	Nathaniel		3	21	1969	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Theodore	Lester	12	3	2001	SJ	--A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Merritt	Howell	3	21	1970	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elias	H.	3	24	1960	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj