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	Annie		9	11	1932	MNB	5	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Samuel	S.	10	10	1931	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ronald	Earl	3	21	1963	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Elijah	J.	10	14	1963	SJ	10	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	Edward	2	9	1961	SJ	9	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Henry, Mrs.		7	3	1919	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Rosa	L.	12	30	1950	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Dennie	Mae	4	30	2009	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Celia	Hall (Mrs. George)	10	25	2009	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charlie	C.	1	26	1963	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Herbert		5	13	1915	Sun	1	3	newspapers#sun
Willis	Rosa	L.	1	9	1974	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	T.	9	13	1932	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Willis	George	Lee	10	17	2006	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Frannie	Pratt	12	14	1963	SJ	12	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Herbert		6	18	1915	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Rosa	Lincoln [2 entries]	1	10	1974	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis		[mother of Mrs. David S. Willis]	12	14	1927	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Harry		4	8	1965	SJ	18	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mabel	Wade	6	12	1962	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Herbert	Anson	12	31	1986	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Rosemary	Johnson	8	25	1986	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Needham		9	9	1904	NBDJ	3	4	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Ross		12	20	1976	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Anson		5	28	1901	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj