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	Hattie		4	3	1963	SJ	12	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Kirby	Lee	5	16	1988	SJ	A9	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Violettie	Thompson	1	2	1978	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alonzo		7	30	1980	SJ	2A	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Kirby	Lee	5	17	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Virginia	Carroll Ricaud	1	13	1887	CartRecord	4	1	newspapers#weeklyrecord
Willis	Richard	L.	12	15	1895	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Alonzo	H.	4	10	1936	Tribune	6	3	newspapers#trib
Willis	Lanford	R.	10	9	1973	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Virginia	Estelle	7	15	1961	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	John	Wallace	10	21	1959	SJ	7	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Leroy		4	9	1923	SJ	1	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alvin		1	30	1940	Tribune	6	2	newspapers#trib
Willis	Laura	(Mrs. Joseph K.)	12	8	1939	Times	1	3	newspapers#t
Willis	Virginia	Millinder	10	27	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lloyd	Hardison, Jr.	4	27	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Laura	(Mrs. Joseph K.)	12	8	1939	Times	4	1	newspapers#t
Willis	Virginia	Millinder	10	28	2003	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Joe	King	4	7	1930	SJ	1	7 & 6:5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles		9	21	1945	SJ	7	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Will		4	1	1904	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	George	Thomas, Jr.	10	19	2011	SJ	10	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alvin		12	13	1972	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Laura		6	28	1913	Sun	5	3	newspapers#sun
Willis	W.	A. "Rennie"	3	13	1940	Tribune	4	6	newspapers#trib