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
Fornes	Sabrina	Gray	8	5	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Fornes	Clyde	Rayfield	10	13	1962	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Fornes	Sallie	Wilson	4	6	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Fornes	Tom		9	20	1973	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Fornes	William	Curtis "Bill"	9	24	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Fornes	William	Harold	3	20	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Fornes	Mattie	Lee	6	4	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Forrest	J.	E.	9	6	1935	Tribune	6	6	newspapers#trib
Forrest	J.	E.	9	7	1935	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Forrest	J.	E. [see also J.R. Forrest]	3	23	1935	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Forrest	J.	Oscar	9	27	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Forrest	J.	R.	3	22	1935	Tribune	1	2	newspapers#trib
Forrest	Grace	Matthews	3	14	2010	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Forrest	J.	R. [see also J.E. Forrest]	3	21	1935	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Forrest	James	Benjamin	12	9	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Jesse	Earl	1	9	1989	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Jesse	H.	6	23	1951	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Joseph	Clifton "Cliff"	6	6	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Forrest	J.	E.	6	5	1935	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Grace	Matthews (Mrs. C. Bradley)	3	15	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Joyce	Holton	3	2	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Letha	R.	1	17	1974	SJ	19	5	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Lizzie	D.	3	3	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Forrest	Elizabeth	(Mrs. Lemuel)	10	3	1902	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Forrest	Lydia	Parker	3	24	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj