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: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Willard	Dorothy	Dixon	1	28	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willcox	George	Russell, Jr.	4	2	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Willcox	Lucy	Rich	5	12	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willcox	George		5	31	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willcox	George		6	1	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willemsen	William		12	28	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willet	Jeannette		9	27	1918	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Willet	W.	C.	1	3	1941	Times	1	4,5	newspapers#t
Willet	Jake	K.	8	8	1964	SJ	14	6	newspapers#sj
Willet	Napoleon	A.	3	12	1963	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Willets	Lucille	Baldwin	6	4	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willets	Richard	Dotridge	4	12	1976	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Willets	William	Oliver	9	6	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Willett	Bessie	Barrington	9	13	1973	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Willett	Bessie	Barrington	9	14	1973	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Willett	Dolores		8	8	1934	Tribune	1	2	newspapers#trib
Willett	Dolores		8	9	1934	Tribune	1	7	newspapers#trib
Willett	John	P.	6	4	1974	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Willett	Lexie	Earle	9	26	1977	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Willett	W.	C.	12	25	1940	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Willett	W.	C.	12	27	1940	Tribune	6	5	newspapers#trib
Willett	W.	C., Mrs.	1	12	1922	MNB	4	7	newspapers#mnb
Willett	Dolores		8	8	1934	SJ	6	7	newspapers#sj
Willett	Dolores		8	9	1934	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Willett	Dolores		8	10	1934	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj