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	Adam		8	27	2015	SJ	A1, A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Carol	Sanders	9	8	1960	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	J.J.		8	8	1889	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	James		6	22	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Nancy	McDaniel	10	24	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Ward	James		6	24	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Richard	G.	1	25	1893	NBDJ	4	1	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	J.	M., Jr.	5	14	1928	SJ	6	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Alexus	Tenille	2	16	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Harvey	10	15	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mary	Jane (Mrs. Elijah)	5	5	1936	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Edward		2	6	1890	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	Norman	E.	4	6	1963	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Henry	10	30	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Henry	10	31	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	E.	E. "Ned"	2	7	1890	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	Richard	G.	2	1	1893	NBDJ	3	3	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	James	Laurence	8	28	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Charlotte		6	7	1929	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Ward	James	Lawrence, Rev	8	29	2001	SJ	--A5	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Fred		9	29	1903	NBWJ	4	2	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	James	Monroe	12	6	1952	SJ	9	7	newspapers#sj
Ward	David	E.	11	2	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joseph	Lee	10	1	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Perry	6	24	1968	SJ	13	1	newspapers#sj