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	Joe	L.	4	20	1923	MNB	6	3	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Susan		11	26	1864	NCT	3	1	newspapers#nct
Willis	Joe	King	4	8	1930	MNB	1	4	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Ardelia	(Dell)	4	26	1952	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Joe	L.	4	21	1923	MNB	5	5	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Susan	Gill	4	23	1969	SJ	22	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alfred		7	31	1934	SJ	1	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lorna	Doone	8	8	1970	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Johnnie		11	17	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Terry	Lee, Jr.	10	14	1968	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Eugenia	P.	11	13	1946	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emmett		4	2	1959	SJ	9	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	John		1	28	1937	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Willis	B.	H.	9	18	1928	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	John	Bell	8	17	1973	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Thelma	Cuthrell	8	8	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sarah	Ellen	1	24	1952	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Janice	Ray	5	6	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Maud	Parkin	10	20	1965	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ethel		5	9	1986	SJ	1A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Theodore		1	4	1968	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Joe	K.	4	9	1930	MNB	8	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	T.	D., Mrs.	6	26	1930	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Mary	(Mrs. Kilby)	12	4	1903	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Willis		[infant of C.H. Willis]	8	30	1894	NBWJ	3	4	newspapers#nbwj