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	Nancy		5	14	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Silas		1	21	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	C.	C., Mrs.	11	5	1936	Tribune	2	2	newspapers#trib
Smith	Esther	Turner, "Granny"	2	17	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Franklin	10	15	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lillie	Mae Thompson	5	12	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rachel	Mozell	10	8	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vida	Brock Sparrow	5	16	1975	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Helen		2	18	1947	SJ	2	6 + 5:5	newspapers#sj
Smith	C.	D.	1	17	1937	Tribune	2	2	newspapers#trib
Smith	Ethel		1	3	1977	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alice	K.	7	26	1967	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Franklin	7	28	2004	SJ	A1, A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lina	Elizabeth (Mrs. J. Stephen)	4	20	1938	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Smith	Rachel	Mozell (Mrs William)	10	10	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Viena	Fulcher	10	21	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	George	Cochran	8	26	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Beryl	G.	9	11	1965	SJ	7	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mardella		10	20	1952	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Anne	Hughes Stevenson	5	1	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marion		8	16	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Calvin		6	23	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	R.	Clyde "Skinney"	3	31	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	C.	Woodrow	12	26	1975	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ethel	Credle	1	6	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj