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	Philanda	9	5	1840	Spectator	3	5	newspapers#sp
Smith	Roxanna		7	25	1968	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	John		8	5	1942	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Annie		11	12	2010	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Tena	Mae Hill	11	7	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Aleta	Mason	5	15	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alexander	Kerney "Joe Baby"	1	6	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Cassie	Bright [Mrs. Thomas]	4	10	1967	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Deriden		1	22	1850	Newbernian	3	1	newspapers#nbw
Smith	Harry	E.	2	6	1968	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Johnnie	Faye	7	13	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Pierce	1	28	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Smith	Senie	Armstrong	5	9	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Floyd	Allen	6	16	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Paul	E.	8	26	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Bernard		11	9	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Elizabeth	2	16	1951	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Thomas	W.	9	23	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Warren	Charles	11	11	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith		[4 yr. old child of Zadock Smith]	12	14	1886	NBDJ	2	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Eddie		2	1	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Smith	Ophelia	Marie	11	27	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alfarata	Franz	1	9	1978	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Dolly	Mae Ipock	4	29	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Harry	E.	2	7	1968	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj