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Here are some of the events planned Thursday through Sunday that will be observing the Memorial Day holiday in New Bern.

New Bern native Dr. Erroll Royal's new book traces the lives of Black residents and historical moments that have impacted New Bern's history.

Rivers-Morgan Funeral Home is the oldest black-owned business in Craven County serving residents in New Bern for more than 90 years.

After five decades, Leander Morgan Jr. can still remember playing hide and seek in the big, two story house at the corner of Broad and Miller streets. The one with the hidden passages and archways, the one that some New Bern residents refused to walk past. The business of that house, they knew, was a thing most people would just as soon not think about—caring for the dead. For Morgan, however, that business was something more than just normal, it was simply what his family did, dating back to 1929 when his maternal grandfather, Bishop Rivers and his brother J.D. opened their first funeral ...

A four-part examination of a too often-confusing subject, this series serves as an inside look at the roles of the nurses, funeral home directors and legal experts that deal with the everyday business of death, and as a guide for those who experience the loss of a loved one. In doing so it helps demystify the end-of-life process from a legal perspective and make clear the options available to those in the midst of grief. Most importantly, the stories aim to provide the peace of mind that comes with being prepared, as much as any of us can be, for the inevitable.