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	Frenchie	Marsha	8	16	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Major		2	4	1981	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Williams	James	Melvin "Hawk"	3	12	2002	SJ	A7	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Melvin	Leon	9	7	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Williams	Henry	[two entries in column]	10	26	1909	NBWJ	4	4	newspapers#nbwj
Williams	Isaiah		1	31	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	, Mr.		10	11	1889	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Williams	Rodman	Guion, Jr. "Pop"	1	29	2021	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Bela	Banks	3	12	1966	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Williams	Violet		10	5	1965	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Williams	Douglas	Rankin	5	9	1950	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Williams	James	Melvin, Jr.	6	11	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Melvina	B.	10	16	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	, Mr.		12	15	1908	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Williams	Smithy		10	18	1882	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Williams	Bela		3	25	1966	SJ	11	5	newspapers#sj
Williams	Preston	David	8	30	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Dover		10	29	1974	SJ	A2	4	newspapers#sj
Williams	James	O'K.	10	7	1843	Newbernian	3	4	newspapers#nbw
Williams	Melvina	Becton	10	10	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Williams	Alonza	"Lobo"	3	18	1960	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Williams	Ernest	Woodrow	12	29	1924	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Williams	John		12	4	1900	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Williams	Lillie	Morris	2	14	1970	SJ	12	1	newspapers#sj
Williams	Dover		10	30	1974	SJ	A2	3	newspapers#sj