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

---

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
Cole	N.	T.	7	28	1894	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Cole	Marjorie Emma	Poland	7	26	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Jackie	Lane	7	14	1964	SJ	11	5	newspapers#sj
Cole	Jesse	W.	3	4	1945	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Cole	Arthur	Lee	11	5	1962	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Cole	Ed		8	7	2007	SJ	B1, B2	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Burney		9	11	1953	SJ	9	4	newspapers#sj
Cole	Carol	Copeland	7	6	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Hugh	L., Mrs.	2	6	1906	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Cole	Eddie		5	28	1909	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Cole	William	C.	11	11	1942	SJ	6	5	newspapers#sj
Cole	Ray	Wood	9	2	1979	SJ	1A	4	newspapers#sj
Cole	William	C.	11	19	1942	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Cole	Oudia	Cannon	7	6	1965	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj
Cole	Ethan	Jordan	10	14	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Cathy	Ann	6	27	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Cole	Ethan (infant)	Jordan	10	16	2005	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Joseph	Jackson	4	11	1963	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Cole	John	Bentil	10	3	1964	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Cole	Vance		3	4	1927	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Cole	Sarah	Louise	6	29	1893	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Cole	Sally	Jones	4	9	1964	SJ	14	6	newspapers#sj
Cole	Annie	Smith	9	15	1965	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Cole	Lala	Gray	6	3	1964	SJ	14	7	newspapers#sj
Cole	Randolph	Junior	1	31	1964	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj