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	Ella	Lee	7	18	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ira	Madison	3	27	1987	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lamb		7	23	1973	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nettie Louise	Hatch	8	27	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas		11	2	1858	NE	2	2	newspapers#ne
Smith	Luther	M.	8	1	1970	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	L.	11	10	1964	SJ	14	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Donnie		9	29	1959	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Seth	8	1	1952	SJ	9	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Nathan	12	17	1933	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	L.	10	6	1943	SJ	7	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Evelyn Wilson (Mrs. William R. "Willie")	8	5	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence	Ray	5	18	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Benny		11	13	1979	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ella	McCall	7	10	1973	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Irene	Franks	6	29	1974	SJ	10	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lamb		7	28	1973	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nettie Louise	Hatch	9	18	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas		10	9	1934	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Smith	Edgar	B.	5	4	1962	SJ	14	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elizabeth	May "Bettie"	1	6	1905	NBWJ	4	2	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Samuel	Brown	10	1	1907	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	John	Oliver	10	26	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Glorena		3	3	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Robert	Paul, Jr.	7	18	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj