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
Franks	Augusta		1	28	2002	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Franks	Ava	Jones (Mrs. Ray)	12	6	1938	Tribune	1	8	newspapers#trib
Franks	Ida	Elizabeth Smith	11	10	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Franks	Gloria	Patrick Downing	2	3	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Franks	Barney		5	2	1973	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Franks	Dorothy	Morris	2	4	1954	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Franks	Benjamin		6	23	1951	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Franks	Bertha	Murphy	4	3	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Franks	Edna	S.	8	28	1961	SJ	10	6	newspapers#sj
Franks	Bertha	Murphy	4	5	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Franks	Bessie	Smith	8	16	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Franks	Billie		9	4	1982	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Franks	C.	M., Mrs.	9	26	1936	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Franks	Karen	Patricia	2	3	1960	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Franks	C.	M., Mrs.	10	2	1936	Tribune	5	1	newspapers#trib
Franks	Carl		10	29	1974	SJ	A2	4	newspapers#sj
Franks	Carl		11	26	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Franks	Carl	W., Jr.	11	29	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Franks	Bernard		11	4	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Franks	Virginia	Caroline	11	26	1938	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Franks	Carlton	Edward Leroy	6	9	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Franks	Lee, Mrs.		11	1	1895	NBDJ	2	3	newspapers#nbdj
Franks	Carlton	L.	6	8	1978	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Franks	Caroline		11	27	1938	Tribune	5	5	newspapers#trib
Franks	Charles	Donald	2	24	1988	SJ	B4	--	newspapers#sj