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
Ford	Ruth	Messiah	7	8	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Ruth	Messiah	7	10	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Samie	Joe	9	19	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Sammy	Joe	9	18	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Shirley	Glass	7	15	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Singleton	Coats, Jr.	12	15	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ford	Thelma	Lorraine Jackson	4	24	1984	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Ford	Thelma	Lorraine Jackson	4	25	1984	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Thelma	Lorraine Jackson	4	25	1984	SJ	1A	6	newspapers#sj
Ford	Thelma	Lorraine Jackson	4	28	1984	SJ	1A	5	newspapers#sj
Ford	Virginia	Burton	5	14	1984	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Timothy	Lee	4	18	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Larry	L.	12	10	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Thelma	Lorraine Jackson	10	9	1984	SJ	1A	3	newspapers#sj
Ford	Susie Elaine	Johnson	9	16	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Rufus		2	23	1937	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Ford	Edwin	Lawson	3	5	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ford	Joan	Slade	7	25	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Laurence	J. "Larry"	11	27	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Willie		2	20	1940	SJ	2	7	newspapers#sj
Ford	Timothy	Lee	4	22	2009	SJ	D1	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Antwan	Maurice	7	23	2010	SJ	9	--	newspapers#sj
Ford	Creasy		3	11	1893	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Ford	Willie		2	24	1940	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Ford	Margaret	Gray	3	21	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj