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	Johnny	Monroe	8	13	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lizzie	C.	6	11	1917	SJ (sw)	4	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lomus	Opedia	1	23	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Johnny	Monroe	8	14	2006	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	H.	2	4	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Louise	Carmichael	7	1	1976	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lucille		11	15	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Hettie Lucinda	Burnett	5	19	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Willie	Estella Barber	9	3	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lucille		11	16	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lydia	B.	10	25	1839	Spectator	3	5	newspapers#sp
Ward	David	Livingstone	1	19	1932	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Lynn		9	22	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	Howard, Jr.	6	10	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sandra	Roberts	10	28	2011	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lynn	Jefferey	9	23	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sarah	Louise Lewis	5	7	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Donald	Ray	11	21	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	M.	Floyd	10	23	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	M.	Floyd	10	24	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	D.	L.	1	21	1932	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Martha	Sweeny "Muggins" (Mrs. Alfred Decatur)	4	30	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mabel	Reynolds	11	8	1968	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	E.	9	9	1966	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mary		2	10	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj