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	Gladys	Belle Lewis (Mrs. Wilbur O.)	2	20	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eva	Ruth Heath	11	18	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Elmir		6	24	1904	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Freddie	Earl	6	7	1968	SJ	15	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jatha	Daguid "Jake"	4	29	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	M.	Bynum	8	14	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Roosevelt	"Tet"	4	9	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	C., Jr.	10	22	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Eliza	Gillikin	2	11	1965	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Celeste	Green	4	26	1929	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Theophilus	S.	10	2	1926	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Reece, Jr.		8	19	2008	SJ	B1	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dora	Beatrice	1	24	1970	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Charlie		2	21	1974	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frederick	Douglas	12	1	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jeannette		11	30	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	M.	Bynum	8	15	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Rosa	Powers	11	18	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	C., Jr.	10	23	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margaret	A.	3	3	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Foster		6	4	1958	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Jarell	Lamont	7	13	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Estelle	Baily	1	13	1956	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alexander		1	17	1943	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Julia		12	22	1891	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj