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	Mary		2	11	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Emasy	B.	2	5	1904	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Jeanne	Johnston	11	30	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mary	Blanch Civils	5	6	1990	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Carlton	1	10	2023	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Ward	Mary	Edwards	12	19	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Jeanne	Johnston (Mrs. Thomas M., Sr.)	12	1	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mary	F.	7	26	1927	MNB	3	3	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Mary	F.	7	27	1927	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Silas		7	4	1952	SJ	6	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Thomas	2	6	1935	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Mary	Jane	3	20	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Silas		7	5	1952	SJ	3	6 + 10:4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Maude	Bright	1	10	1993	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Melvin	Fitzgerald	12	2	1999	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Henry	Lewis, Jr.	6	3	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Melvin	Francis	9	2	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	W.	E.	6	28	1888	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	Dan	W.	10	26	1964	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	Miriam	(Mrs. Benjamin)	10	7	1837	Sentinel	3	3	newspapers#cc
Ward	Silas		7	7	1952	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	Rodrick		9	8	2009	SJ	1	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Morris		6	27	1862	NBP	2	3	newspapers#dp
Ward	Telia		2	21	1962	SJ	22	3	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	E.	6	28	1888	NBDJ	2	2	newspapers#nbdj