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	Charles	C.	3	13	1904	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Betty	Mercer	5	24	1962	SJ	13	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Enoch		6	21	1938	Tribune	2	4	newspapers#trib
Smith	J.	W.	3	1	1935	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Smith	Leonard	T.	4	2	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Daniel	Webster	9	30	1967	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Penelope		4	14	1914	Sun (sw)	2	4	newspapers#sws
Smith	Van	Sylvester	12	25	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	Wilbur	11	14	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Tucker		12	4	1964	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Early		2	9	1928	MNB	3	3	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Henry		6	22	1957	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Ann Meadows	3	9	1956	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Corena	Woods	4	23	1949	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gregory	F.	2	1	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Wilbur	Giles	10	12	1940	SJ	6	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jackie	Jermaine	6	6	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Betty	Willis	6	15	1973	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eric	Latrell Alous	4	12	1999	SJ	--A3, A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Leroy		8	6	1937	Times	1	1	newspapers#t
Smith	Penelope		4	22	1914	NBDJ	7	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Vance		2	4	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph	Lenwood	8	15	1959	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Berta	Catherine Wooten (Mrs. Johnie A., Jr.)	4	12	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	Grant	8	8	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj