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	Sabra	(Mrs. L.W.)	8	15	1940	Tribune	2	1	newspapers#trib
Wright	Sara		5	12	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Sarah		5	11	1987	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Odessie	Green	7	21	1973	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Wright	Mary	Stroud	10	25	1967	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Wright	Stanley	C. "Cliff"	5	3	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Arthus	Augustus	4	25	1961	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Wright	Stanley	C.	5	5	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Margaret		10	7	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Wright	Sylvia		12	26	1973	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Wright	John	Clinton	4	7	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	David	A.	7	28	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Curtis	Wayne	12	22	2007	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Thomas	Lee	2	5	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Ellis	Linvert	3	10	2008	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Sarah	Jane	3	6	1970	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Wright	Thomas	Lee	2	8	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Ed		2	5	1909	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Wright	Ulysses		6	28	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Ulysses	C.	6	30	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	Serlena		4	26	1954	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Wright	Vernon	Earl	9	22	1975	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Wright	David	Andrew	7	29	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Wright	William	C.	10	7	1968	SJ	13	5	newspapers#sj
Wright	Gladys	Jean Mayes	6	11	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj