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	Annie	Banks	12	7	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Laura	Gates (Mrs. Joe K.)	12	8	1939	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Willis	Wesley		3	1	1888	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	George	T.	10	8	1932	MNB	3	3	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Mary	(Mrs. Kilby)	12	5	1903	NBDJ	3	3	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Milan	Hadder	4	4	1966	SJ	11	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Anson		8	12	1857	Union	3	1	newspapers#nbu
Willis	Laura	Gates (Mrs. Joe K.)	12	9	1939	Tribune	2	2	newspapers#trib
Willis	William	"Bill"	6	19	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bessie	Tolson	7	28	1960	SJ	9	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Theodore		9	28	1935	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Chauncy	S.	2	13	1973	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Johnny		7	28	1943	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	T.	M.	4	15	1966	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Arthur	Fred	12	2	1981	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Laura	Gates (Mrs. Joe K.)	12	10	1939	Tribune	5	5	newspapers#trib
Willis	Christina	J.	5	2	1988	SJ	A1	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Monnie	H.	2	13	1973	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Major	B.	12	20	1947	SJ	8	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Albatana	Guthrie	7	17	1946	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles		9	23	1945	SJ	2	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Asa	J.	11	18	1836	Spectator	3	4	newspapers#sp
Willis	Laura	Jane	10	21	1950	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	"Little Jim"	1	28	1930	MNB	3	3	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Norman	H.	2	4	1952	SJ	9	8	newspapers#sj