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	Nicolas	James	11	9	1996	SJ	A1	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	William	Bonner	9	22	1967	SJ	15	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mamie	Brinson	6	20	1970	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Avent	E. "Monk"	12	22	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lena	(Mrs. S.E.)	11	2	1935	Tribune	4	7	newspapers#trib
Willis	William	McKinley, Jr.	9	1	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	B.	E.	9	19	1934	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Willis	Lena	Ipock	4	7	1969	SJ	9	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	William	Plymouth	7	8	1968	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	B.	F.	9	19	1928	MNB	2	4,5	newspapers#mnb
Willis	J.	W. "Jim"	1	29	1930	MNB	7	4	newspapers#mnb
Willis		[son of William Willis]	12	13	1888	NBDJ	2	3	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Stephen	F.	8	4	2012	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	B.	E.	9	20	1934	Tribune	6	1	newspapers#trib
Willis	Lena	Ipock	4	8	1969	SJ	9	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Nepsie	Brewer	11	5	1952	SJ	14	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Abner	B.	1	8	1935	SJ	1	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Clifford, Mrs.		1	25	1939	SJ	6	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Benjamin		1	3	1861	DP	2	5	newspapers#dp
Willis	Lena	Ipock	4	9	1969	SJ	12	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	William	Walter "Uncle Billy" "Barnacle Bill"	4	24	1935	Tribune	1	6	newspapers#trib
Willis	Minnie	Ray "Peggy"	1	3	1932	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Willis	George	T.	10	14	1932	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Alvin	Anson	3	17	1948	SJ	4	7 + 5:7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Benjamin		1	6	1861	NBWP	4	1	newspapers#wp