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	Bonnie	Carroll	5	3	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Estelle		11	26	1973	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	James		7	31	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Leslie	Lee	5	24	1976	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Queenie	King	4	13	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Verion	Milteer	12	13	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Will		2	25	1953	SJ	14	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lucinda	P. (Mrs. Albie)	8	28	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Samuel	A. "Sam", Jr.	5	20	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Cathy	Jo Thomas Wiggins	3	27	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Michael	Timothy "Mike"	1	30	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Esther	(Mrs. James N.)	1	24	1829	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Smith	James		10	12	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lester	"Smitty"	1	11	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Victor		5	11	1987	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Cagie	Franklin	6	8	1959	SJ	8	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Annie	Laura Heath	7	3	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bessie	W.	3	30	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bryan		11	2	1882	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	Esther	Curtis	7	2	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James		3	28	2003	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lester	T.	3	3	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Raymond	Clyde "Skinny"	4	1	1975	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Victoria		2	23	1934	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Smith	Clarence		3	8	1907	NBWJ	4	6	newspapers#nbwj