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: 186278

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
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
Bright	William	C., "Boo"	1	13	1973	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Bright	William "Bud"	Henry	12	16	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Giles		9	29	1952	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Bright	A.	H.	3	2	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Bright	Major		1	9	1952	SJ	10	6	newspapers#sj
Bright	Lillian	D.	8	8	2021	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sarah	Fuller	6	3	1963	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sallie	(Mrs. Thomas)	4	24	1900	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Bright	John	Frank	3	8	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Bright	Derwood	H.	3	30	1940	SJ	7	1	newspapers#sj
Bright	Tilda		6	3	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Bright	Adelaide	"Cooper" Canady	4	24	1999	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	George	Clifton "Clif"	10	10	2021	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Martha		10	4	1910	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Bright	Clifton		8	15	1927	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Bright	Joyce	Maie Carter (Mrs. Ernest L.)	8	30	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Clifton		8	16	1927	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj