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
Williams	Marie	Smith	5	16	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Vance	Styron	9	10	1979	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Williams	Ora		2	29	1960	SJ	10	6	newspapers#sj
Williams	Rena		10	15	1958	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Williams	Arleen	Hall	3	23	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Cagey		5	23	1949	SJ	7	2	newspapers#sj
Williams	Jannie	Chapman	11	25	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Maggie	Burrus	5	22	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Annie	Harper	8	22	1964	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Williams	Claude	J.	11	17	1933	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Williams	Marilene		2	11	1937	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Williams	Velma	D.	12	19	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Fannie	[retraction]	9	30	1882	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Williams	Amy	Guion	1	6	1938	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Williams	Jeremy	Kent	4	13	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Franklin		5	22	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Claude	J.	11	18	1933	Tribune	6	2	newspapers#trib
Williams	Marion	Gaskins	3	2	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Velma	D.	12	25	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Lydia	Faith	11	29	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Rosa	Bryan	6	28	1958	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Williams	Lawrence	T.	8	20	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Priscilla		6	25	1971	SJ	11	4	newspapers#sj
Williams	L.	F.	3	19	1939	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Williams	Claude	O.	12	4	2001	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj