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	Charlie	C.	11	13	1957	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Fred		1	31	1933	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sallie		4	7	1944	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Wayne		8	17	1943	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Velma	Pauline "Polly" Glancy	5	14	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Tena	Mae	11	4	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Katherine Pollock	4	20	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Ethel	Mae Dail (Mrs. Jake)	8	28	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Estaban	Jimene	5	29	2013	SJ	1,2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Adrian	Earl, Jr.	8	25	1951	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Darfer, Mrs.	Mallard	6	9	1976	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	H. C.	"Doc"	10	23	1951	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	S.	7	3	1830	Spectator	3	5	newspapers#sp
Smith	Mary	F.	2	13	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sarah	A.	1	3	1977	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mamie	Taylor [Mrs. Thomas]	1	17	1966	SJ	12	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Lamb, Jr.		6	21	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	T.	S., Mrs.	3	10	1931	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ledrow		2	11	1944	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Edward	Ray	10	9	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	William	H.	4	7	1944	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Nina	Gordon	10	29	1939	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Robert	8	27	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Reubin	G.	10	16	1900	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Agnes		1	21	1969	SJ	10	3	newspapers#sj