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	Walter		6	3	1941	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	Marion		12	27	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	John		8	2	1982	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	Aileen	Latham (Mrs. Hallett S.)	1	6	1928	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	John, Jr.		12	15	1964	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	John		8	6	1982	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	R.	2	12	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Jerald	Vittoro	7	25	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Willie	Estella	8	27	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	John	Daniel, Jr.	12	14	1950	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	Bessie		2	10	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Ward	John	Henry	5	16	1961	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Josephine	Brown	2	8	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	John	Randolph	4	26	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	P.	Ben	12	4	1945	SJ	7	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Kristy	Elaine Anderson	6	30	2008	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joseph	Craig	3	11	1969	SJ	13	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	P., Mrs.	Ben	12	4	1945	SJ	7	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joseph	F.	12	12	1977	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joseph	F.	12	13	1977	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Franklin	Lester	3	19	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Bruce	Godon	7	13	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joseph	Marison	12	4	1922	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Leonard		1	26	1987	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	David	Livingstone	1	15	1932	MNB	1	8	newspapers#mnb