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	Johnnie	Lee	7	4	2007	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Annie	E. (Mrs. Frank D., Sr.)	9	8	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joseph	Willard	3	11	1969	SJ	13	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	Margaret	Fulcher (Mrs. Melvin Francis)	11	17	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Julia		1	12	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Thelma	Morris	1	5	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	John, Jr.		12	17	1964	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Julia	Brimage	4	3	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Julia	Brimage	4	5	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	John, Jr.		12	18	1964	SJ	14	7	newspapers#sj
Ward	Julia	Graham	1	14	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mary	Pickett	4	16	1975	SJ	1B	1-2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Bessie	Brock	2	15	2024	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Ward	Kennedy	Wooten	3	24	1999	SJ	--A1, A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Hallet	S.	4	2	1956	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Ward	Kitty		10	25	1894	NBWJ	2	5	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Thelma	Morris (Mrs. James)	1	6	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	D.	L.	1	16	1932	MNB	7	5	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Arlie		12	27	1946	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	Kitty		10	25	1894	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	David	Livingstone	1	16	1932	MNB	8	6	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Tommy		12	27	1946	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mary	F.	7	26	1927	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	L.	C., Mrs.	6	16	1917	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	D.	L.	1	17	1932	MNB	4	1	newspapers#mnb