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	Ellen		8	29	1973	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Irene	Moore	10	8	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lara	H.	10	13	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas		10	11	1934	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Jose		7	18	1929	SJ	6	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	E.	9	3	1953	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	L.	A.	2	22	1934	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert		1	24	1940	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alice	Richard	6	3	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margot	A,	4	6	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Benny		11	15	1979	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ellen	Cheston	5	21	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joe	S.	7	18	1967	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Irene	Quirk	1	31	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Larry		11	26	1937	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Nicholas	C.	8	9	1921	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	A.	11	16	1961	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sidney	Carl	12	14	1965	SJ	16	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lovie	Lee	10	30	1962	SJ	12	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clyde	Wall	7	23	1956	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Paulline	H.	9	1	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emma		9	19	1902	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Mary	Elizabeth	3	11	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Warren "Jimmy"	8	4	2019	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John		12	21	1971	SJ	20	3	newspapers#sj