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	Charlie	James	4	16	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Bright	Claude		1	31	2002	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Clifton		8	14	1927	MNB	1	1,2	newspapers#mnb
Bright	Clifton		8	16	1927	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Bright	Clifton		8	18	1927	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Bright	Clifton		8	27	1927	MNB	1	4	newspapers#mnb
Bright	Clifton		12	13	1927	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb
Bright	Cornelius		4	16	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Sallie	(Mrs. Thomas)	4	24	1900	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Bright	David	Lee	8	5	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Bright	Dora	Phillips	10	17	1951	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Brigley	Honore		11	11	1966	SJ	15	2	newspapers#sj
Brigman	Julia	Smith	12	5	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Brigman	Melvin		1	1	1971	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Brigman	Melvin		1	2	1971	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Brigman	Philip	Ashton	3	16	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Brigman	Phillip	Ashton	3	15	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Brigman	Florine	"Flo" (Mrs. Sam)	7	6	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Briley	Helen	Thomas (Mrs. James C., Sr.)	12	14	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Briley	, Mr.		9	13	1883	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Briley	Betty	Hobbs	1	23	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Briley	Carrie	Talley	8	13	1981	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Briley	Clara		4	30	1919	MNB	1	7	newspapers#mnb
Briley	Clyde-Henry	"Cotton"	8	23	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Briley	Ellen	Elizabeth David Lovitt	4	21	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj