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	Rachel	Lynn	11	10	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jackie	Jermaine	6	1	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Betsy		5	9	1889	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Emerson	I.	6	4	1973	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	H. "Dock"	11	23	1893	NBWJ	1	9	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Lena	Wallace	5	28	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Orange	C.	7	9	1914	NBDJ	8	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Thurman	Brantley "TB", Jr.	7	16	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charlie, Mrs.	N.	3	29	1960	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	Grant	8	7	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Seymour		2	8	1898	NBDJ	2	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Barbara	Jean	2	22	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Betty		12	21	1989	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emma	C., (Mrs. James H.)	7	24	1869	NBDJC	3	3	newspapers#djc
Smith	J.	H. "Dock"	11	23	1893	NBWJ	2	5	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Lenora "Nora"	Elizabeth	7	26	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Daniel	W.	9	29	1967	SJ	15	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Orange	C.	7	10	1914	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Tiffany	Waller	10	18	1972	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carlton	Elmo	2	24	1964	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Otha	Earl	12	21	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	[lynching]	1	1	1885	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Hilda	Brown	6	28	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lovie	Saunders	5	9	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Cheney, Jr.	5	21	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj