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	Bruce	Lavon	5	7	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Walter	"Bryan"	12	6	2021	SJ	3A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bernice		3	25	1959	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Samuel	Whitehurst	3	15	1927	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Roland	Earl	5	8	1956	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ella		12	3	1939	SJ	6	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	Pollard	11	22	2014	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Edward	Stanley	6	3	1963	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Isabell		4	8	1961	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sarah	A.	3	30	1940	Tribune	6	4	newspapers#trib
Willis	Ivey	B.	5	5	1972	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sarah	E., (Mrs. Wm. T.)	11	30	1858	NE	3	3	newspapers#ne
Willis	Nancy	E.	7	25	1929	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Julia		12	10	1953	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Glenda		11	7	2023	SJ	A4	--	newpapers#SJ
Willis	J.	P.	1	18	1914	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Sarah	Jane (Mrs. J.P.)	7	1	1921	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	J.	P.	1	20	1914	NBWJ	1	7	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Sarah	Jane (Mrs. Joe)	7	1	1921	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Susan	Alice	12	30	1958	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	D.	S.	5	21	1896	NBWJ	1	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	J.	S.	10	14	1886	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Sarah	Jane (Mrs. Joe)	7	2	1921	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	D.	H.	12	17	1943	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Robert		10	25	1938	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj