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	James	H.	9	24	1871	NBDT	1	2	newspapers#nbdt
Smith	Lina	Hamilton	8	4	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ralph, Mrs.	Hunter	7	21	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Viola	Frances Burley	5	2	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Edith	Garfield	3	5	1958	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	C.	C.	7	19	1954	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Callie	(Mrs. W.J.)	2	18	1940	Tribune	1	8	newspapers#trib
Smith	Ethel	Gibbs	2	15	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	H.	9	24	1871	NBDT	1	4	newspapers#nbdt
Smith	Lina	Hamilton	8	5	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ralph	Hunter, Mrs. (nee Street)	10	15	1918	MNB	5	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Viola	Frances Burley	5	5	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	C., Mrs.	M.	12	31	1962	SJ	10	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	R.	W.	4	13	1911	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Berkeley		7	15	1908	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Smith		[lynching]	1	15	1885	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Clarence	Ray	5	13	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Callie	(Mrs. W.J.)	2	18	1940	Tribune	2	1,2	newspapers#trib
Smith	Ethel	Williams	3	15	1969	SJ	13	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	H.	9	26	1922	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Linda	Carol	12	24	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ralph	Wright	9	12	1973	SJ	10	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Viola	Ireland	5	21	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charity	(Mrs. Simpson)	4	16	1930	MNB	2	7,8	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Jerrell	Lamont	7	8	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj