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	Fred		12	17	1935	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Manley	Leon	11	4	1948	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Edward		1	31	1963	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Hulda	E.	8	8	1951	SJ	11	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sallie	Hopkins	6	6	1998	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Amelia	Grant	3	27	2014	SJ	7	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ida	Matthews	6	21	2002	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sam	W.	3	16	1927	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Charles	Alton	10	18	1963	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Thomas		3	24	1959	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ida	Matthews	6	22	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Samuel		6	13	1895	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	William		7	19	1929	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Theodore		11	12	1901	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Manley	Leon	11	5	1948	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	John	Grover	12	6	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Infant of	William	12	13	1888	NBWJ	2	6	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Samuel		9	28	1927	MNB	5	5	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Edgar	H.	3	20	1931	MNB	5	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Alan	Cooper	5	7	1956	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Benjamin	Franklin "Uncle Franklin"	3	5	1933	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Caesar		4	22	1893	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Eliza		9	27	1967	SJ	7	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Samuel	E.	2	21	1935	Tribune	2	6	newspapers#trib
Willis	Sudie	L. (Mrs. H.W.)	7	13	1904	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj