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
Coles	James	Oscar, Jr.	5	9	1988	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Alexander	, III	9	28	1989	SJ	A7	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Alma	Simpson	11	4	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Carl	Graham	1	31	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	DeWitt	Franklin	5	3	1961	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Coley	Elisha		1	21	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Elisha		1	22	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Esaw	Jacob	8	14	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Arthur	Bernard	6	21	2012	SJ	8	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Esaw	Jacob	8	17	1989	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Ida	Frances	1	17	2002	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Ida	Frances	1	19	2002	SJ	--A3	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Jack		6	16	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Lena	Dail	9	1	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Leroy		10	2	1924	MNB	1	2-7	newspapers#mnb
Coley	Lillian	Clayton	8	10	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Lillian	J.	8	8	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Louise	Farmer	1	21	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Louise	Farmer	1	22	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	William	"Bill"	12	19	1977	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Coley	Willie	Alphonso	1	19	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Mary	Dail	2	4	2008	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Coley	Willie	Mae	2	19	1964	SJ	16	5	newspapers#sj
Coley	Alexander		11	12	1970	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj
Coley	Willie	Mae	2	21	1964	SJ	9	3	newspapers#sj