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	Lionel		2	16	1981	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Raymond	Odell	2	11	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vivian	Blevins	5	31	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lawrence	Bernard	10	31	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elma		6	21	1986	SJ	1A	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Arthur	8	25	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Christon	C.	3	2	2012	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carita	M.	12	23	1938	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Smith	Eva		10	2	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	H.	11	3	1922	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lisa Ann	Dawson	3	21	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Raymond	Odell	2	14	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Vivian	Carter	3	21	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Larry		12	29	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Clarence	E.	3	25	1953	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Greg		2	4	2018	SJ	B6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Kayla	Elaine	2	28	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Effie		8	13	1890	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Therman	Glenn "Smitty"	3	6	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Marjorie	Marie Pelham	10	3	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Milton	Leon	9	29	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ronald		10	26	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Carl	Alto	5	22	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eva	Mackey	10	3	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	H.	3	14	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj