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: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Ball		[mother of J.R. Ball]	3	29	1912	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Ball	C.	H., Mrs.	5	2	1899	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Ball	Lucy	W. (Mrs. J.R.)	10	3	1931	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Ball	Samuel	R.	7	20	1909	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Ball	Sallie	J. Lancaster (Mrs. Samuel R.)	3	26	1935	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Ball	Jesse		4	22	1929	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Ball	Shirley	Griffin	8	14	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ball	John	Timothy	1	13	1965	SJ	5	7	newspapers#sj
Ball	Thomas	J.	4	16	2017	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Ball	Jesse		4	23	1929	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Ball	Jesse		4	24	1929	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Ball	John	Timothy	1	14	1964	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Ball	Julia	May	8	17	1909	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Ball	Samuel	R.	8	18	1909	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Ball	Joseph	R.	2	18	1939	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Ball	Shirley	G. (Mrs. Thomas J.)	8	15	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ball	Joseph	R.	2	19	1939	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Ball	M.	W.	7	7	1943	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Ball	M.	W.	7	8	1943	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Ball	Samuel	R.	7	20	1909	NBWJ	1	5	newspapers#nbwj
Ball	McCord	Wright	7	9	1943	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Ball	Lawrence	F. [see also Laurence Ball]	8	31	1909	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Ball	Laurence	[see also Lawrence F. Ball]	9	2	1909	NBDJ	4	4	newspapers#nbdj
Ball	Charles	Lee, Jr.	6	18	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ball	C.	H., Mrs.	4	29	1899	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj