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
Speight	Kennie	C.	4	7	1981	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Speight	Kennie	Clifton	4	6	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Speight	Lillie	Taylor	8	10	1973	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Speight	Lula	Cayton	9	24	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Otis	B.	9	23	1964	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Speight	Mamie	Wiggins	1	21	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Myrtie	Purifoy	3	15	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Rebecca	Ann (Mrs. Alex)	1	9	1940	Tribune	3	7,8	newspapers#trib
Speight	S.	E.	3	29	1927	MNB	2	6	newspapers#mnb
Speight	Seth	E., Mrs.	3	11	1925	MNB	1	7	newspapers#mnb
Speight	Thomas	Graham	8	6	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Thomas	Kelly	2	8	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Thomas	Sharronck	4	17	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Thomas	Graham "Tommy"	8	5	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	William	Whitford	1	9	1934	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Speight	William	Whitford	1	10	1934	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Speight	J.	Lawrence	7	25	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Mattie	Mitchell	11	4	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	G.	C.	2	18	1924	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Speight	Sarah	Blakeslee	1	28	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	S.	E., Mrs.	3	10	1925	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Speight	William		1	10	1934	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Speight	Henry	F., Jr.	1	27	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Horest	David	10	3	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Horest	David	10	4	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj