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	D., Mrs.	W.	5	9	1949	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nathan	Lewis	6	3	1947	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ida		3	10	1942	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Era	Belle Eubanks	9	11	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alonzo		8	24	1999	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Willa	Dean	11	26	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carrie	Peterson	1	16	1976	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fannie		3	26	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Lee	8	2	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lona		3	22	1936	Tribune	6	4	newspapers#trib
Smith	Richard	Brown "R.B."	6	11	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	W.	H., Mrs.	12	20	1921	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Murphy, Jr.	7	24	1964	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dameron	B. "Butch"	5	15	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jack		3	22	1956	SJ	10	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Isaac	H.	7	27	1953	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nathan	Lewis	6	4	1947	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Freeman, Mrs.		6	7	1885	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Luvenia		3	5	1944	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Neal "Bobby"	11	6	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carroll	Harvey	2	20	1974	SJ	24	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Lemons	9	1	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lona	Lee	7	13	1981	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Richard		4	10	1926	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Smith	W.	J., Jr. "Bill"	1	14	1974	SJ	2	4; 12:1-2	newspapers#sj