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	Noah	Lee	9	29	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	Hugh	8	17	1968	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Herman	J.	2	15	1966	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	G.	5	22	1889	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	John		12	23	1971	SJ	17	4-5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elsie	Weatherington	3	5	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	A.	1	25	1927	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Lela		5	3	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Norman	Russell	12	26	1974	SJ	A2	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	Hugh	8	17	1968	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Cromwell	7	23	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	David	White	5	10	1956	SJ	11	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ernest	Levi	10	3	1952	SJ	6	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Josephine	Gibbs	10	26	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Marshall	11	30	2023	SJ	A8	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Elveetha	Boston	10	10	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	C.	2	28	1919	MNB	4	3	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Lena		12	26	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Novella	M.	9	17	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	Ray	5	1	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Grace		12	23	1957	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lutah	A.	2	25	1934	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Gladys	8	26	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Biilly	James	7	11	1936	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ruby	Mitchell	12	7	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj