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	Rosetta		8	30	1940	Tribune	2	8	newspapers#trib
Ward	Robert		11	2	1887	NBDJ	2	2	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	Rodrick	Leon	9	10	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Roy	L.	2	10	1975	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Ward	Roy	Lee	4	26	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	E.	W.	8	28	1903	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Estella		2	16	1973	SJ	16	2	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	P.	1	6	1937	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Ward	Russell		2	7	1980	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Ward	James	Rexcial	2	13	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Russell		2	8	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sadie	Mae Koonce	1	23	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Henry		8	28	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sadie	Mae Koonce	1	27	2000	SJ	--A5	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Stephen	Lee	10	8	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sarah	Carter	7	29	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	John	Floyd	3	4	1966	SJ	10	1	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sarah	Carter	7	31	1992	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sarah	Louise Lewis	5	7	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Sarah	Louise Lewis	5	5	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joshua	Ahamad	10	12	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Solomon		3	2	1838	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Ward	Sophie	J.	1	3	1928	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Robert	Allen	3	12	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Maude	Virginia	4	24	2013	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj