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: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Bright	Joe		10	28	1985	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Bright	Barbara		4	1	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Rachel	Allcox (Mrs. Joe)	8	15	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Joseph	L.	12	4	1979	SJ	1A	4-6	newspapers#sj
Bright	Joseph	L.	12	6	1979	SJ	1B	1	newspapers#sj
Bright	David	L.	8	5	1986	SJ	1A	5	newspapers#sj
Bright	Clifton		8	27	1927	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Bright	Bettie	Jo Cherry (Mrs. Wayne "Joe")	5	28	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
bright	Edna		5	25	1953	SJ	6	5	newspapers#sj
bright	Edna	Anez	5	26	1953	SJ	7	8	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sally	E.	2	7	1966	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Bright	Ezzie	Bowen	11	21	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sallie	Edwards	2	8	1966	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj
Bright	, Mr.		7	8	1897	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Bright	Ina		3	8	1955	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Bright	Tom		6	1	1906	NBWJ	2	4	newspapers#nbwj
Bright	William	Robert	1	31	1964	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Bright	Clifton		9	9	1927	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Bright	Mack		9	28	1960	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Bright	S.	T.	7	29	1897	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Bright	Tom		5	30	1906	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Bright	S.	T.	7	28	1897	NBDJ	4	4	newspapers#nbdj
Bright	Isaac		5	2	1894	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Bright	S.	H.	10	7	1904	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Bright	Ruth Marie	Dawson	1	29	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj