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	Sarah	C.	4	19	1930	MNB	3	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Isaac	H., Jr.	7	27	1953	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Carloyn	G.	7	20	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Isaac		12	10	1946	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Minnie	Lou Bryant	7	18	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Catherine Marie	Bryant	10	3	2003	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fannie	Lepter	7	16	1968	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Lucas, IV	11	21	1997	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lonnie	Whitford	9	4	1975	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Richard	Dewey, Jr.	11	6	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Walter		7	15	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Henry, Jr.	2	3	1965	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jack	Batcher	6	6	1929	MNB	2	4	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Arvae	Michelle	6	29	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eva		1	25	1928	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	L.	10	24	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Cecil	Earl	8	11	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fannie	Paul	11	27	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Richard	B. "R.B."	6	10	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Walter		7	17	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	M.	12	22	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Allen	3	6	1964	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margaret	A.	10	1	1931	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Mary	Mellisa	7	12	1910	NBWJ	1	5	newspapers#nbwj
Smith	James	B.	2	26	1947	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj