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
Gibson	Melissa	Nadine	7	7	1991	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Melissa	Nadine	7	7	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Minnie	Ward	9	11	1884	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Gibson	Narcie	Hurst	6	24	1952	SJ	10	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Robert	Ray	5	6	1974	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Susan		4	24	1890	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Gibson	Vida Mae	Jordan	9	11	2004	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Vida Mae	Jordan	9	13	2004	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	W.	R.	11	5	1891	NBWJ	1	8	newspapers#nbwj
Gibson	Percy	Melvin "Chip"	11	11	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Robert		4	20	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Gibson	Edith	Treadway (Mrs. Paul Elwood)	1	9	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	John	W.	9	8	1939	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Lydia	Grace (Mrs. Charles)	5	22	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Anthony		11	23	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Gibson	Charles	L.	2	19	1947	SJ	7	4	newspapers#sj
Gibson	James	Thurman	2	15	1960	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Lizzie		1	28	1930	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Gibson	Lenora	Wayne (Mrs. Marvin, Sr.)	11	7	2013	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	William	Andrew	6	28	1963	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Marvin	W., Sr.	4	3	2006	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Phyllis	Morris	8	28	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Gibson	B.	S.	4	19	1931	MNB	5	7	newspapers#mnb
Gibson	Lizzie		1	27	1930	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Gibson	Susan		4	23	1890	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj