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
Ward	Bruce	Randolph	10	11	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Dorothy	R.	3	27	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lewis		3	26	1965	SJ	15	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Dosie		2	22	1968	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	E.	E.	2	13	1890	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Brandon	Michael	3	17	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	E.	F., Mrs.	5	21	1925	MNB	3	3	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Ed.		7	3	1890	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	William	F., Jr.	12	31	1923	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Edgar	Rowlins	2	5	1936	Tribune	6	4	newspapers#trib
Ward	Edna	Bernice Daniels	7	25	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mable	D.	7	13	1966	SJ	15	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	Edna	Bernice Daniels	7	27	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Edward		8	29	1834	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Ward	Adelaide	Peck	2	6	1963	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Edward		2	13	1890	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	George		3	5	1926	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Vanmekio	"Moe Daddy"	3	24	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Effie	Hinnant	6	23	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Betsy	White Fountain (Mrs. William Farrior, Jr.)	8	26	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Eli	W.	11	8	1833	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Ward	Eligan		9	11	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Rebecca	Kornegay (Mrs. Charlie)	1	17	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Eligan		9	12	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Geo.	W.	7	11	1905	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj