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	Vernon	Lee	4	19	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith		[2 children of Job Smith]	2	29	1884	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Enoch		6	24	1938	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rachel		11	9	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Donnie		5	13	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Olive		12	26	2021	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rebecca	"Becky"	2	19	2022	SJ	6A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mark	Justin	6	6	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Smith	C.	C.	4	7	1897	ECN	1	1	newspapers#ecn
Smith	Fletcher		11	13	1968	SJ	14	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Ray	1	2	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lovie	[see also Marie Smith]	9	6	1921	SJ	3	3,4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Lebert	4	25	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Warren	, Jr.	3	3	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Arvae	Michelle	6	30	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Daisy	Adams	2	6	1952	SJ	11	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Edward	4	1	1949	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Smith		[2 children of Benjamin F. Smith]	2	29	1884	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Charles	Hancock	10	30	1943	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Harold	Burton "Burt"	12	29	2008	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles		2	18	1974	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fletcher		11	22	1968	SJ	9	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Ray	1	4	1988	SJ	A9	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lovie		9	10	1921	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Lee	2	8	1968	SJ	13	2	newspapers#sj