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	Johnnie	Mae Cox	3	6	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Ramey	5	14	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Senie	Armstrong	5	11	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	H. (Pop)	8	27	1965	SJ	15	6	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alvin	Arthur, Jr.	12	28	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Ronald	Carlton	8	11	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	John	R.	10	29	1942	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Neal, Jr.	5	25	2009	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	J.	W.	4	8	1905	NBDJ	2	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Josie	Mae Banks (Mrs. Stacy, Sr.)	11	14	2012	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Alfred		11	26	1864	NCT	2	5	newspapers#nct
Smith	Doretha	J.	5	21	1979	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Harvey	Ward	2	25	1976	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Johnnie	W.	10	25	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	S.	4	11	1988	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Senny		10	9	1950	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Robert	Lee	7	28	1958	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Smith	Wilbur	K.	3	8	1931	MNB	5	1	newspapers#mnb
Smith		[infant daughter of L.J. Smith]	2	20	1906	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Rachel	Elizabeth "Miss Lizzie" (Mrs. N.C.)	11	26	1932	SJ	7	7	newspapers#sj
Smith	Mary	Elizabeth	2	17	1951	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Smith	Asa	[retraction - not dead]	3	4	1885	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Smith	Jessica	G. (Mrs. Warren A.)	12	30	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	Peggy	Ann Clark	1	24	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Smith	James	Victor	11	4	1980	SJ	1B	1-2	newspapers#sj