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	Jennie	Mae	5	9	1958	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sudie	Godley	9	2	1958	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	David	W.	5	21	1931	MNB	1	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Levy	Bell	5	17	1949	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lucy	I. Moore (Mrs. George J.)	3	5	2007	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Harvey	J.	7	20	1941	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jobe		1	21	1898	NBDJ	4	5	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Florida	Simmons	4	18	2021	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bennie		8	7	1935	Tribune	2	2	newspapers#trib
Smith	Ella	Lee	7	16	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Idella	Taylor	2	2	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	L.	S.	9	12	1936	Tribune	1	2	newspapers#trib
Smith	Nettie	Marie Manning	1	12	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas		11	8	1833	Sentinel	3	4	newspapers#cc
Smith	John	H.	2	25	1956	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles		5	19	1932	MNB	4	8	newspapers#mnb
Smith	William	Nathan	12	16	1933	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Thomas	1	28	1947	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Betsy		5	9	1889	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Theodore	Bruten	9	23	1942	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert		1	23	1940	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jabez		1	23	1898	NBDJ	4	5,6	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Royal, Jr.	[and crew of boat Lady Mary]	11	5	2009	SJ	9	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William, Jr.		5	23	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Ernest	Thomas	5	17	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj