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	Alexander		9	21	1965	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Speight	John	W.	12	31	1942	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Speight	Alexander		9	24	1965	SJ	13	3	newspapers#sj
Speight	Bertha	Walker	6	26	1954	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj
Speight	Henry	E.	3	16	1970	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Speight	Mary		1	15	1937	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Speight	Mary		1	17	1937	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Speight	Mary		1	22	1937	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Speight	Joseph	Milton	12	12	1963	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Speight	Mary	S.	2	24	1895	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Speight	Mary	S.	2	24	1895	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Speight	Peggy		4	18	1962	SJ	16	2	newspapers#sj
Speight	Ida	Stapleford	10	16	1962	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Speight	Jim, Jr.		10	29	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Peggy		4	21	1962	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Speight	John	W.	5	25	1933	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Speight	Lelar	T.	2	27	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Speight	Allen		2	17	1948	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Speights	Josephine	Latham	12	8	1935	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Speights	William	Willie "Sonny"	9	23	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Speights	William	Wollie "Sonny"	9	24	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Speights	Josephine	Latham	12	8	1935	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Speights	Nina	Joyner	10	1	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Speights	Malton	C.	3	24	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Speights	Theodore	R.	7	29	1945	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj