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	Berger		12	27	1910	Sun	1	6	newspapers#sun
Smith	Ellen	Cheston	5	23	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Isaac		7	16	1915	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Larry	Douglas"Buck"	1	23	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nick	D.	12	14	1973	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	Carlton	3	2	1981	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margaret	Elizabeth	4	25	1985	SJ	1A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mike		1	28	1986	SJ	1A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Ambrose	2	27	1956	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	E.	5	24	1932	MNB	4	7	newspapers#mnb
Smith	William	Thomas	1	30	1947	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Roy, Jr.		4	15	2009	SJ	D1	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Clinton	11	15	2020	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Berger		12	28	1910	Sun	1	1	newspapers#sun
Smith	Ellen	Jane	4	28	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Isaiah		5	2	1889	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Laura	Louise	6	8	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nina	Gordon (Mrs. Ellis)	10	28	1939	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Thomas	Edward	4	7	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sarah	Jane	10	14	1965	SJ	18	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mike		1	29	1986	SJ	1A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	L.	8	10	1959	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph	John	9	27	1954	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Timothy		4	15	2009	SJ	D1	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bert		12	8	1914	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj