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	Russell	Eldridge	4	7	1975	SJ	7A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ion	L.	8	7	1959	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Glenda	Moore	11	9	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Willis	Charlotte	Davis	6	2	1964	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Herbert	P.	8	6	1915	NBWJ	1	5	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Russell	Veston	6	24	1974	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Shadrick	Ray	5	30	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	R.	H.	1	23	1925	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Herman	Ray	6	1	1938	Tribune	3	6	newspapers#trib
Willis	Ruth		3	4	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Rosa		9	17	1902	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Ada	Frances	3	20	1940	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Howard		5	23	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ruth	Sadler	3	8	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	T.	10	14	1932	SJ	3	1-2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Samuel		9	27	1927	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Walter	"Bryan"	12	5	2021	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Howard		5	24	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Hardy	G.	5	22	1932	MNB	5	6	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Alonzo	H.	4	10	1936	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lionel	Elbert, Jr.	6	23	2008	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Vannie	B.	6	21	1965	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Hubert	E.	12	23	1934	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Willis	Sallie		6	5	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Vincent		10	4	1907	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj