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
Cole		[father of C.R. Cole]	5	25	1920	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Cole	Alma	Riggs	4	18	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Alma	Riggs	4	19	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	B.	B.	5	30	1950	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Cole	Carrie	Rhem	1	26	1954	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Cole	Bernice	Tilghman	10	4	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Bernice	Tilghman	10	6	1986	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Beulah	Hobbs	12	3	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Beulah	Hobbs	12	4	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Blanche		1	8	1842	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Cole	Elizabeth		3	29	1837	Sentinel	3	4	newspapers#cc
Cole	Elizabeth		3	31	1837	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Cole	Elizabeth	Jane	9	25	1830	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Cole	Ellen		4	6	1871	NBDT	3	2	newspapers#nbdt
Cole	Fred	C.	9	9	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Cole	Hariotte	Gillespie	6	22	1921	MNB	6	3	newspapers#mnb
Cole	Frank	J., Jr.	9	22	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Henry	Daniel "H.D."	6	20	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Henry	Herbert	5	29	1961	SJ	10	7	newspapers#sj
Cole	Luther		4	25	1966	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Cole	Hugh	L.	11	6	1898	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Cole	Henry	Thomas	9	17	1918	MNB	1	4	newspapers#mnb
Cole	Henry	Thomas	9	17	1918	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Cole	Ronald	Benoit	12	16	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Cole	Hester	L.	1	9	1969	SJ	12	8	newspapers#sj