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	Edward	2	28	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sophia		7	26	1969	SJ	14	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mitchell		2	24	1926	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Arthur	Rexford, Jr. "Rex"	11	30	2018	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Laurie		6	23	1942	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sophia		7	29	1969	SJ	12	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Chauncey	Gray	6	18	1957	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bryan	I.	7	10	1903	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	John	W. "Capt. Jack"	8	13	1962	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	Paris	7	7	1969	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sophie		11	7	1926	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
Willis	James	W.	5	27	1886	NBWJ	3	8	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Sophie	McLawhorn	6	12	1936	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Willis	Sue	Davis	12	19	1960	SJ	16	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Kayie	Hancock Rose	5	15	1956	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	D.	H.	12	19	1943	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alvin		1	30	1940	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Dennie	Mae McGirth	5	2	2009	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lorena	Mae	12	20	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mattie	R.	2	18	1961	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	James "Baby"	Edward	2	27	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sophie	McLawhorn	6	13	1936	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Willis	John		11	24	1926	SJ	5	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Southgate		11	5	1935	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Willis	William	Finley [Bill]	12	20	1960	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj