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	Elizabeth	Moore [Mrs. Hyman]	12	26	1963	SJ	14	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elsie	Gardner	3	8	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	W.	11	20	1925	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gregory	Fitgerald	2	2	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bobby	Lee	2	15	1968	SJ	10	2,3	newspapers#sj
Smith	James		3	9	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Leroy	R.	8	5	1937	Tribune	2	1	newspapers#trib
Smith	Queenie	Jones	1	12	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vera	Longest	10	21	1972	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Allen	12	5	1964	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Claudette	Marie	12	18	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Susan	C. (Mrs. W.W.)	2	14	1928	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Clarence		3	8	1907	NBWJ	1	7	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Bessie	Gray McKay (Mrs. M.W.)	2	14	1908	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	George	Arthur	9	23	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bryant		9	12	1939	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bobby	Ray	6	6	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ersell	L.Jones	5	19	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	"Dallas"	7	2	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Leslie	Dean	10	3	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Queenie	Jones	1	13	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vera	Milteer	12	10	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Allee	DeWitt	10	21	1965	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jack	Batcher	6	6	1929	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lillian	Pearl Midgett	12	29	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj