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	Lena	Roberts (Mrs. John R.)	8	20	1937	Tribune	1	5	newspapers#trib
Willis	Willie		6	1	1852	Newbernian	3	1	newspapers#nbw
Willis	Hull	B.	8	25	1959	SJ	12	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	T.	10	14	1932	MNB	8	8	newspapers#mnb
Willis	A., Mrs.	H.	11	4	1943	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Benjamin		2	12	1861	DP	2	5	newspapers#dp
Willis	Bryan	I.	6	20	1959	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Willie		6	8	1852	R&P	3	6	newspapers#repw
Willis	Richard	L.	12	19	1895	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Minnie		1	3	1932	MNB	6	3	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Arthur	D.	11	28	1945	SJ	4	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Carrie	M.	12	7	1944	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Benjamin	M., Jr.	12	4	1986	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Leo	L., Jr.	10	3	1988	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Willie		12	5	1855	NBJ	3	1	newspapers#nbj
Willis	Sandra		7	5	2006	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Robert	S.	7	15	1883	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Joseph		3	2	1905	NBDJ	1	3	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Benjamin	T.	11	10	1918	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Leonard	Lee	9	10	1968	SJ	14	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Carrie		12	8	1944	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Harvey		9	25	1967	SJ	9	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bertha		9	6	1894	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Lesta	Newkirk	5	26	1979	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Wm, Mrs.		11	26	1864	NCT	3	1	newspapers#nct