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
Chesson	Percy	Gray	6	10	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Chesson	Anthony	Milton "Tony"	4	19	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Chesson	Anthony	Todd	10	12	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Chesson	Effie	Toms	5	7	1969	SJ	9	3	newspapers#sj
Chesson	Effie	Toms	5	8	1969	SJ	18	1	newspapers#sj
Chesson		[mother of C.L. Chesson]	3	22	1924	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Chesson	Nan	Gardner (Mrs. Thomas Bradford "Brad")	1	5	2019	SJ	A10	--	newspapers#sj
Chesson	Andrew	Long	8	15	1955	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Chesson	Andrew, Mrs.	Long	8	15	1955	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Chester	Margaret	Roberts	4	30	1896	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Chester	Charles	T.	4	24	1880	Newbernian (w)	3	1	newspapers#nbw2
Chester	Eliza		1	17	1875	Newbernian (sw)	3	2	newspapers#nb
Chester	J.	W.	9	11	1862	NBP	2	6	newspapers#dp
Chester	J.	W.	9	13	1862	NBWP	3	6	newspapers#wp
Chester	Joan		9	27	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Chester	L.	L., Mrs.	12	15	1910	Sun	1	1	newspapers#sun
Chester	Ronald		10	1	1968	SJ	16	5	newspapers#sj
Chester	William	S.	2	23	1900	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Chester	William	S.	2	23	1900	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Chesterton	William	O.	1	8	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Chestnut		[child of James Chestnut]	8	18	1886	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Chestnut		[child of James Chestnut]	8	19	1886	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Chestnut	Joe		7	24	1968	SJ	8	7,8	newspapers#sj
Chestnut	Robert	Hamilton	4	14	1964	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Cheston	Jurgen	Dietmar	8	28	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj