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	Charles		8	4	1921	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fenner		6	25	1922	MNB	1	1-7	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Louise	Cooper	7	31	1968	SJ	20	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Hinton	8	13	1975	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Warren		5	17	1969	SJ	15	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ruby		12	23	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bessie		2	18	1960	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Melvin	W.	1	24	1929	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Smith	Kelly	Leon	10	24	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gwendolyn		5	11	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Channing		3	27	1956	sj	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	Hunter	4	1	1949	SJ	7	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Hancock	10	29	1943	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Gladys	Belle Lewis	2	19	2009	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Joseph	Patrick	3	12	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eva		1	27	1928	SJ	7	4,5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Calvin		6	28	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles		4	15	1937	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Smith	Fernie	B.	12	23	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Ray	10	21	1968	SJ	1	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Louise	Daniels	9	13	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	L.	4	30	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Warren	Ellis	12	30	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emily (Emma)	Ann	12	12	1964	SJ	14	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Emma		5	22	1900	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj