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	Barbara	Jean	7	9	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bennie		12	14	1934	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Smith	Elizabeth	Krucan	6	9	2003	SJ	a3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ida	Gertrude	9	27	1881	DCN	1	4	newspapers#dcn
Smith	L.	L.	11	7	1936	Tribune	6	5	newspapers#trib
Smith	Nellie	Bryant	11	2	1978	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Theophilus	S.	10	3	1926	MNB	3	5	newspapers#mnb
Smith	W.	T.	12	18	1957	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	B., Jr.	12	15	1933	SJ	1	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Luke		9	1	1908	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Mary	Elizabeth	3	10	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Janet	Faye (Mrs. Ronald Gene)	6	22	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jeffery	Lamont	8	21	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margot	A.	4	3	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ruth	Stroud (Mrs. Mark)	10	23	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bennie		12	28	1934	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Elizabeth	Oakes (see also Elizabeth Oaksmith)	11	30	1893	CartHerald	2	1	newspapers#bfher
Smith	Ida	M.	9	10	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	L.	R., Mrs.	3	27	1927	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Nettie	Louise	8	25	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	"Tony"	10	10	1934	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Epsie	Jane Carroll	1	4	1963	SJ	10	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	C.	4	8	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Arthur	9	2	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lovie	Lee	10	29	1962	SJ	10	2; 10:8	newspapers#sj