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
Willis	Arthur	Rexford, Jr. "A.R."	11	29	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Patrick	Lathan	8	2	1971	SJ	1	6; 2:6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Hardy		2	13	1850	ECR	3	4	newspapers#rep
Willis	William		3	14	1930	MNB	6	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Gladys		7	1	1929	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sophie		11	8	1926	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alvin		1	3	1970	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Thomas	Leland	7	5	1966	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Harriet	D.	8	5	1926	MNB	3	6	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Roland	Manwell	3	18	1913	Sun (sw)	3	1	newspapers#sws
Willis	William		3	15	1930	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Susan	Jane (Mrs. Samuel Whitehurst)	12	6	1932	MNB	8	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis		[infant of Georgiana Willis]	4	21	1903	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	James	Everette	10	12	1963	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Harriet	D.	8	6	1926	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Sarah	Elizabeth (Mrs. P.A.)	11	29	1906	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Malissa		9	20	1954	SJ	10	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Cordelia	"Dee" Smithwick	12	26	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Albert "Furnell"		12	2	1966	SJ	15	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	John	David	9	14	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ronald	Earl	11	30	1968	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Kelly		5	6	1958	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Otis	Guy	6	7	1954	SJ	9	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Randolph	Thomas	10	12	1963	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Helen	Clyde	6	21	1936	Tribune	1	2	newspapers#trib