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	Jasper	Earl	9	11	2003	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Jasper	H.	9	10	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Robert		3	11	1945	SJ	7	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	Jean	Fair	3	31	1987	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Jean	Fair	4	2	1987	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Robert	Edward	3	13	1945	SJ	7	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	Henry	Lewis, Jr.	6	9	2008	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Jesse	Jordan, Jr.	11	6	1987	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Henry	2	11	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Vernon		4	17	1959	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Bessie		2	8	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Ward	Joanna		8	22	1939	Tribune	3	6	newspapers#trib
Ward	Joanna		8	26	1939	Tribune	3	6	newspapers#trib
Ward	Robert	Edward	3	14	1945	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joe		7	25	1921	SJ	1	6,7	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sophia	J.	1	3	1928	SJ	6	1,2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joe		7	28	1921	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joe	Louis	8	6	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Kristy	Elaine Anderson	6	29	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Bruce	Godon	7	11	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joe	Louis	8	9	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lane	Bryant	1	20	1931	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	John, Jr.		12	14	1964	SJ	16	1+ 16:4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joe	M.	1	17	1895	NBWJ	2	1	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Acie		1	24	1957	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj