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	James		2	26	2003	SJ	A5	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sarah	Jane Brinson (Mrs. J.P.)	7	2	1921	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb
Willis	A.	T.	2	20	1936	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Stella	Wallace	2	21	1938	SJ	6	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	A.	3	8	1914	NBDJ	2	4	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Seth	Austin	11	17	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Eunice	W.	6	27	1960	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alvina		9	27	1910	NBWJ	1	2	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Lionel	Elbert	1	17	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Norma	Lewis [Mrs. Alex M.]	2	16	1966	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	A.	3	10	1914	NBWJ	1	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Shelby		3	26	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Vivian	M.	9	5	2008	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bruce	Lavon "Slow Poke"	5	9	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mark	D.	6	26	1965	SJ	12	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	C.	Clyde	12	18	1965	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	Belmont	12	4	1973	SJ	13	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Shepherd		3	11	1939	Tribune	1	8	newspapers#trib
Willis	Katie	Hancock Rose	5	14	1956	SJ	2	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Albert	Thomas	12	5	1955	SJ	9	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lorena	Mae	12	19	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	E.	10	18	1969	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Shepard		4	8	1974	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Cletus	E.	4	9	1935	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sarah	A.	3	31	1940	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj