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: 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
Wright	Pearlie		5	18	1943	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Wright	Barbara	Ross	1	31	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Laura	Ruth Manley	2	12	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	John	M.	11	17	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Bessie		4	13	1951	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Wright	Bessie		4	14	1951	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Wright	Marshall	Beam	9	23	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Bettie	Vaiden (Mrs. John C.)	8	8	1921	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Wright	Seth	Albert	4	8	1985	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Wright	Bishop		7	2	1980	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Wright	John	Henry	9	13	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Loretta	[daughter of Willie Thomas and Clara Mae Wright]	1	25	1973	SJ	10	1-2	newspapers#sj
Wright	Bishop		7	4	1980	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Wright	Polly	Ann	12	14	1965	SJ	15	1	newspapers#sj
Wright	Catharine		11	2	1882	NBWJ	1	5	newspapers#nbwj
Wright	Ella	Marie Moore	8	2	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Cecil	M.	3	22	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Charlie	R.	9	30	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Seth	Albert	4	23	1985	SJ	1A	6	newspapers#sj
Wright	Charles	Brewery	5	10	1992	SJ	A1; A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Christine	Jones	12	29	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Charles	Lee	3	24	1977	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Wright	Charles	Lee	3	25	1977	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Wright	John	M.	11	19	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Christobel	Lupton	3	26	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj