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	Ira	L.	4	30	1953	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	N.	Fillmore	3	4	1941	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Juanita	Frances	6	13	1961	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Van Buren		4	19	1969	SJ	13	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	S.	S., Mrs.	4	13	1941	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mitchell		12	5	1925	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alexander	Mitchell	7	3	1971	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Julia	Ellis	7	5	1976	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Vannie	E.	3	21	1937	Tribune	1	1	newspapers#trib
Willis	Sabra	D.	8	20	1959	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Laura		12	9	1939	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Willis		[child of C.H. Willis]	8	29	1894	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Evla	Mae	10	24	1970	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alice	Lewis	6	3	1977	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Vergil	C.	9	22	1868	NBR	3	2	newspapers#nbr
Willis	William	Westley	2	19	1928	MNB	3	4	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Mitchell		12	7	1925	SJ	1	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	David	John	12	3	1951	SJ	8	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Laura	Gates	12	10	1939	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alice	Lewis	6	9	1977	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Julian	Dewey, Jr.	8	8	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Viola	Johnson Brown	12	14	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Needham		7	19	1904	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	William	Walter "Uncle Billy"	4	24	1935	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mabel	Romona	3	20	1967	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj