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	Mary	Jane	2	16	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sarah	Marie	11	19	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Frank	D.	2	6	1934	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Luvinia	(Mrs. [C. P.])	4	24	1886	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Edward	Ray	10	10	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Margaret	Griffin (Mrs. Elza M.)	4	9	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Neal, Jr.	5	24	2009	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ark	"Smitty"	10	29	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Janette	L.	12	14	1937	SJ	5	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alexander		8	16	1976	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	W.	7	16	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Kay	11	19	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Sarah	Martin	5	9	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thelma	Bennett	8	8	1966	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ada		10	9	1961	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Smith	Shawn	Jermaine	4	15	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Edward		4	9	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	S.	P.	10	22	1896	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Esteban	J.	5	30	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Victor	10	13	1980	SJ	1A	4-6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alexander	Donald	11	15	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Denise		6	15	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Harrell	LaVerne	4	26	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	Wright	11	22	1938	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Smith	Mary	Melissa	7	9	1910	Sun	8	3	newspapers#sun