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	Alice	S.	12	18	1972	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Justin	Edward	11	13	1972	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Viola	Johnson Brown	12	15	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles	Henry	10	25	1966	SJ	11	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Allen	Grayer	8	21	1968	SJ	24	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Karl		3	9	1893	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Viola	Sumrell	12	8	1980	SJ	3A	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Patricia		1	13	1955	SJ	13	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	W.	W., Mrs.	1	23	1931	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Chauncy	S.	2	9	1973	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Billie	Jo	7	29	2020	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Allie	M.	7	24	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Viola	Sumrell	12	9	1980	SJ	2A	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	T.	10	18	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Almettie	M.	3	20	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Kelly		12	14	1961	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Violet		7	4	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Leo	Lorane	10	26	1966	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Arthur	Rexford	12	17	1966	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	V.	10	28	1965	SJ	16	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alonza		3	13	1935	Tribune	6	7	newspapers#trib
Willis	Killy (Capt.)		11	24	1887	NBWJ	3	6	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Violetta	T.	1	6	1978	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Robert, Jr.	"Bob"	6	22	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	George, Mrs.		5	24	1941	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj