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	Robert	Lee	9	20	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Wilbur	Odell	11	2	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John		5	9	1966	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sammy	Clayton	7	12	1965	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Attie	Coston	12	14	1985	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frances	Smallwood (Mrs. Earl A. "Happy")	4	21	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	Bradford	1	19	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jerry		9	16	1958	SJ	9	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sarah	C.	4	18	1930	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Reuben, Mrs.		5	29	1900	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	B.	C., Sr., Mrs.	2	29	1884	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Marten	F. [see also Martin L. Smith]	9	16	1894	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith		[4 yr. old son of Ollie Smith]	1	28	1928	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Johnnie	R.	3	7	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Duffy	12	27	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Forence		12	7	1968	SJ	15	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Robert	8	25	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Lee "Bobby"	12	20	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Willard	J.	8	23	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Michael		5	16	1983	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sallie	(Mrs. George Washington)	1	9	1936	SJ	6	6-7	newspapers#sj
Smith	B.	C., Sr.	2	29	1884	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Robert		12	3	1938	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charles	Duffy	12	30	1969	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frances	Mason (Mrs. John D.)	5	8	1961	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj