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	Alfred	Decatur	4	17	1940	Tribune	1	2,3	newspapers#trib
Ward	Willie	James	5	16	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Ernest	T.	9	8	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Beverly "Bobbi"	Banks	11	11	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Alfred	Decatur	4	17	1940	Tribune	4	6	newspapers#trib
Ward	Willie	James	5	18	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	W.	P.	5	18	1882	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	Alfred	Decatur	4	18	1940	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Ward	Willie	James, Jr.	1	24	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Alfred	Decatur	4	18	1940	Tribune	6	6	newspapers#trib
Ward	Willie	, Jr.	1	22	1991	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Margie	Mattocks	8	3	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Adam		8	28	2015	SJ	A9	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Robert	Lee, Jr.	6	21	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Alfred	Decatur	4	19	1940	Times	1	1	newspapers#t
Ward	Wm.		2	23	1872	NBDT	1	1	newspapers#nbdt
Ward	Beverly "Bobbi"	Banks	11	12	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Lucy	Fields	7	30	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Alfred	Decatur	4	19	1940	Times	1	3,4	newspapers#t
Ward	Wyatt	M.	8	6	1927	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Ward	William	Leon	7	21	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Alfred	Decatur	4	19	1940	Times	4	5-7	newspapers#t
Ward	Wyatt	M.	8	7	1927	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb
Ward	Alfred	Decatur	4	20	1940	Tribune	6	6	newspapers#trib
Ward	Wyatt	Macon	8	6	1927	MNB	2	3	newspapers#mnb