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	David	Livingstone "Libby"	6	18	1971	SJ	1	7-8; 2:2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Morris		6	28	1862	NBWP	2	3	newspapers#wp
Ward	Susan	Connor (Mrs. R.W.)	5	23	1932	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Ward	Claire	J.	6	12	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Margaret	Seymour [Mrs. A.G.]	8	8	1940	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Ward	Annie	S.	5	8	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Nancy		6	5	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Linwood	[two entries in column]	9	10	1907	NBWJ	2	4	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Janet	Meadows	6	6	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Josephine	Brown	2	12	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Liddie	Hill	3	14	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Nannie	D.	6	8	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Dorothy	Jean Oliver (Mrs. Don Lee)	5	5	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	David	Lucien	12	4	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Jimmie	Lee	2	20	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lynn		9	22	1977	SJ	1B	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	Oscar		9	1	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Susan	Connor (Mrs. R.W.)	5	25	1932	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Oscar		9	2	1981	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Patricia	B.	6	16	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Billy	Joe	2	22	2025	SJ	A4		newpapers#SJ
Ward	Paul	Clayton	12	5	1980	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sandra	Jean Roberts	11	2	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Pauline	Claire	1	23	1980	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	Annie	Mae Slade	5	9	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj