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: 186286

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Chance	Jesse		8	21	1923	MNB	7	3	newspapers#mnb
Chance	Sudie	(d. April 1974)	3	14	1975	SJ	1B	6	newspapers#sj
Chance	Joseph	Pierce	6	4	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	Barbara	Opphile (Mrs. Oswald T., Jr.)	12	11	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	Oswald	Thomas	8	8	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	Solomon		7	29	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Chance	Solomon	C. "Sonny"	8	2	1976	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Chance	Sudie		4	17	1974	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Chance	Sudie	Elliot	4	18	1974	SJ	15	4	newspapers#sj
Chance	William		6	4	1850	Newbernian	2	4	newspapers#nbw
Chance	Adelia		10	21	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	William		4	23	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Chance	Adelia	Goodwin "Dee" (Mrs. Oswald Thomas, Sr.)	10	22	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	William	Bonner "Billy"	4	24	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Chance	Sudie		11	5	1974	SJ	B2	1	newspapers#sj
Chance	Irene	Hargett (Mrs. James)	5	27	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	Jerry	Lee	2	12	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	Rudolph		1	17	1933	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Chance	Rudolph		1	17	1933	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Chance	John	G.	10	1	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	James		10	2	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Chance	Rudolph		1	18	1933	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Chance	Rudolph		1	18	1933	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Chance	Elizabeth	"Mama Lizzie"	3	10	1972	SJ	16	3	newspapers#sj
Chance	Walter	Allen	5	18	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj