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
Cooper	Earnest	W., Jr.	5	11	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Edward	H.	7	7	1975	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Louis, Mrs.		7	10	1940	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Eleanor	Watson	11	2	1893	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Cooper	Eliza	R.	7	30	1861	DP	2	4	newspapers#dp
Cooper	Margaret	Thomas	3	29	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Eliza	R.	7	30	1861	NBWP	2	7	newspapers#wp
Cooper	Emma	W.	2	6	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Emma	Williams	2	9	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Ernest	W.	10	13	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Ernest	W., Jr.	5	9	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Bettie	Elizabeth	6	9	1959	SJ	11	4	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Ernest	Wilson	10	15	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Ernest	Wilson	10	16	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Esther	Spencer	3	23	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Dorothy	Lane Tatum	6	7	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Esther	Spencer	3	25	2004	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Bettie	Elizabeth	6	12	1959	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Ethel		10	17	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	F.	B., Mrs.	2	4	1938	Tribune	4	7	newspapers#trib
Cooper	Naomi	Stokes	8	9	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Floyd		9	14	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	Joseph	Anthony	5	13	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Cooper	George		11	26	1864	NCT	2	4	newspapers#nct
Cooper	George		6	9	1925	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb