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: 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: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Bright	Lewis	J. [Bunk]	3	18	1960	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj
Bright	Frank		8	28	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Bright	Josephine		10	17	1937	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Bright	Frank	Junior	11	2	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Frank	Junior	11	3	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Helen		11	29	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Jarvis	J.	2	7	1938	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Bright	Helen	Taylor	12	2	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Clifton		12	13	1927	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Bright	James	"Jim"	12	30	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	James		10	7	1915	Sun (sw)	3	3,4	newspapers#sws
Bright	Jesse		6	21	1888	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Bright	Joe		10	28	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	John		9	28	1881	DCN	1	4	newspapers#dcn
Bright	John		3	25	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Josephus		10	17	1937	Tribune	6	3	newspapers#trib
Bright	Laura	Ross	2	21	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Laura	Ross	2	22	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Lee	A. Cartez	8	21	1973	SJ	9	1	newspapers#sj
Bright	Margaret	(Mrs. G.F.)	8	10	1940	Tribune	6	1	newspapers#trib
Bright	Mary	Jennette (Mrs. William Ransom)	1	30	1934	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Bright	Mellie	"Carrie"	9	22	1972	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sampson	, Jr.	9	2	1968	SJ	12	5	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sampson	Lee, Jr.	9	4	1968	SJ	6	4,5	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sara	Stokes	1	15	1941	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj