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	Leroy		4	17	1981	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Penny	C.	10	9	1968	SJ	18	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Velma	Pauline Glancy, "Polly"	5	14	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Foye Perry	Johnson	7	24	2006	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ira	Thomas	10	20	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	L.	R., Mrs.	4	1	1927	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Lee, Jr.	6	12	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Raymond	A.	8	22	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elijah		12	10	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Billy	James "Pete"	7	7	1936	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Smith	Ernest	C.	3	25	1934	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	James		12	21	1816	CFR	3	2	newspapers#cfr
Smith	Leroy		3	10	1987	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Phoebe	H.	10	15	1973	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Velma	Stocks McGowan	9	6	1973	SJ	10	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	Neal	8	9	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alexander	"Smitty", Jr.	2	9	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	B.	E.	1	10	1893	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Lee		11	22	2022	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Helen	Amelia	3	1	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jason	Ball, Jr.	3	29	1982	SJ	1A	1-2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Billy	Ray	11	16	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ernest	C.	3	27	1934	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Smith	James		3	28	1848	Newbernian	2	3	newspapers#nbw
Smith	Leroy		8	10	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj